Rivers disaster: PDP denies accepting courtroom ruling, disowns Ologunagba’s declare

The disaster inside the Individuals’s Democratic Party persists, because the performing Nationwide Chairman, Umar Damagum, clarified that the Nationwide Working Committee has not but convened to handle the courtroom ruling on the Rivers State Executives, opposite to claims made by its Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba.

At a press convention in Abuja on Friday, PDP Deputy Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, expressed issues over Ologunagba’s current actions, describing them as motivated by private pursuits.

The battle between Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara and his predecessor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over the PDP construction in Rivers State has led to ongoing tensions inside the celebration.

Regardless of a number of failed reconciliation efforts, Wike’s faction emerged victorious within the Ward, Native Authorities, and State Congresses held on July 27, August 10, and August 31, 2024. Fubara’s allies boycotted these contests, citing a courtroom order.

On January 13, 2025, the Rivers State Excessive Court docket issued a restraining order stopping the chief committees led by Aaron Chukwuemeka, aligned with Wike, from functioning. The courtroom additionally granted an injunction prohibiting these executives from serving as PDP officers within the state.

In response, Ologunagba issued an announcement on Thursday claiming that the PDP had accepted the courtroom ruling. He introduced that the NWC recognised Hon. Nname Robinson Ewor’s group, aligned with Governor Fubara, because the respectable State Executives.

Nevertheless, in a brand new growth, Abdullahi refuted Ologunagba’s assertion, asserting that the NWC had neither met nor accepted the courtroom’s judgment on the Rivers State Congresses.

Abdullahi said, “Within the method that my colleague, Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, has been performing these days, it’s turning into obtrusive that the celebration is uncomfortable with a few of his current tendencies.

“He seems to have been talking from either side of his mouth. Simply yesterday, underneath the directive of the Nationwide Chairman, I issued a disclaimer concerning his assertion that the NWC had met and accepted the judgment on Rivers State Congresses.

“The NWC didn’t settle for the judgment recognising the Ewor-led government. That’s false. The NWC has not convened since September final yr. That is verifiable. So, I’m wondering how he can declare the NWC met and adopted the decision.”

Abdullahi additional criticised Ologunagba for comparable unauthorised statements concerning judgments in Imo and Ebonyi States, emphasising that the Publicity Secretary doesn’t have the authority to talk for the NWC with out prior approval.

He added, “A Nationwide Publicity Secretary doesn’t possess the authority to behave independently. He can’t communicate on behalf of the NWC with out clearance. His current actions have demonstrated a scarcity of adherence to protocol, which isn’t anticipated of him as a lawyer.

“We’re witnessing a scenario the place private sentiment has clouded his reasoning and is taking a toll on his job. The NWC should deliberate and the Chairman should give directives earlier than any statements are made.”

Efforts by PidomNigeria On-line correspondents to contact Ologunagba for his response have been unsuccessful, as he didn’t reply calls or reply to textual content messages.