The Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, has announced the removal of its national chairman, Bashir Yusuf.
Sacked alongside the chairman are all other national officers of the party.
The sack is a fallout of a meeting of the National Executive Committee of the party which held in Abuja on Thursday.
PDM is made up of loyalists of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, a chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC.
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The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has condemned the action of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, an aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, for declaring himself as the National Chairman of PDP.
Gulak, the former Special Adviser to Jonathan on Political Matters, had earlier in the day at the PDP secretariat,said he had ced to assumed office as PDP national Chairman following a court ruling.
The governors’ position is contained in a Communique issued by the forum after its meeting held late on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by the Director General of the forum, Earl Osaro
“The invasion of the party headquarters on Wednesday by Ahmed Gulak, who reportedly assumed the Chairmanship of the PDP, is regrettable and condemnable.
“We take cognisance of the judgment by the court in Abuja which ordered the acting chairman to vacate office for any other person from the North-East zone of Nigeria.
“Our party constitution has enough provisions for that and the necessary process has been put in motion,” the Communique stated.
It stated that the appropriate organs of the party would meet soonest to elect a national chairman of the party from the appropriate zone.
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The 20 local government Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State have endorsed the immediate past Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, as the next national chairman of the party.
Speaking with journalists on Thursday in Bauchi, the spokesman of the 20 PDP chieftains, Bala Abdullahi Dan, who is also the party’s chairman in’Alakaleri’ local government, described the ex-minister as a young, vibrant politician and founding member of the party who has remained committed to the party.
Dan said it was their desire that the position of the National Chairman of the PDP remained in the North-east, adding that Muhammad, is the best man to succeed Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu because he played a vital role during the 2015 PDP presidential campaign.
He argued that the bane of the PDP has been lack of internal democracy, which led to dictatorship as few leaders hijacked the party to the detriment of loyal members.
He explained that what the main opposition party needs to overcome the challenges ahead was to choose a national leader that would be guided by the ideals of the founders such as equity and justice.
“Our appeal is based on three facts: Eligibility, sincere concern for the party and zeal to serve. Bala Muhammed is a man who can move the party to the next stage of progress without rancour, discrimination and other vices,” he said.
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