ABUJA – As the battle to produce a substantive National Chairman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) intensified, the former National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan has said that no other zone or individual can stop the North Central Zone from producing a successor.
Recall that since the former National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, was removed, Amb. Umar Damagum, has been acting as the National Chairman of the party.
Speaking while receiving PDP youths from the North Central in Abuja at the weekend, Ologbondiyan said the North Central zone is set to name a successor to Ayu in line with the provisions of Section 47(6) of the PDP Constitution (2017 as Amended).
He said: “It is common knowledge that party members and stakeholders across the six geo-political zones of the country particularly the States of the North East, that includes Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi, Yobe, Adamawa and Borno States are in support of naming a successor from the North Central to replace Sen. Ayu, and the zone is already fine-tuning its processes to achieve that purpose.
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“Ignore the antics of certain members of the party, who have turned themselves to the party’s Constitution and are churning out rules at their whims and caprices.
“The grundnorm for the PDP is the PDP’s Constitution (2017 as Amended) and not the desires of any individual irrespective of the position occupied by such an individual.”
He urged party members to avail themselves of the provisions of the party’s Constitution in order to be well guided.
He further emphasized that “the North Central will produce a successor to Senator Ayu, not any other zone. Any individuals or groups wishing to stop the implementation of Section 47 (6) of the PDP Constitution (as amended) are not seeking the good of our party.”
