The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Frontliners, an intra-party pressure group, has called on PDP’s National Working Committee to disband the caretaker committee in Kogi.
The group made the call in Abuja on Saturday through a statement jointly signed by its president, Hussein Mohammed, secretary, Moses Abidemi, and publicity secretary, Dan Okafor.
The group leaders commended the NWC for rejecting attempts to replace the credible ward and local government congresses’ results with another slated for August 10 by the state caretaker committee.
They said it was worrisome that, despite the firm opposition of 18 out of the 21 local government chairpersons of the party in Kogi, the caretaker committee insisted on replacing the state’s July 27 ad hoc delegates conference.
According to them, if not for the urgent steps of the NWC, the attempt would have caused an implosion in the party.
“The PDP Frontliners hereby demand immediate disbandment of the controversial Kogi caretaker committee. We applaud the NWC for an emphatic memo dated August 7, which effectively scuttled plans by the clique to override the authority of the PDP National Secretariat by addressing a petition to INEC. This is an unpardonable affront that speaks volumes about their true intentions,” they said.
They also commended the PDP local government chairpersons in Kogi for their efforts in truncating the attempt by the caretaker committee to reverse delegate elections in all the wards in the state.
“Apparently, their resolve to take legal action and resist participation in a contrived ‘emergency’ congress that gives all the advantages to a tiny clique has been appropriately considered by the PDP NWC,” they explained.
They expressed optimism that the party would re-emerge as Nigeria’s dominant party in 2027 if its national leaders continued to resist some leaders’ attempts to achieve their selfish interests.
