PDP rejects Lamido’s name for NWC dissolution

The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the decision by a former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, for the dissolution of the brand new Nationwide Working Committee and the appointment of a caretaker management.

The social gathering said that Lamido’s proposal contradicted the social gathering’s structure and couldn’t stand whereas ongoing court docket circumstances stay unresolved.

Lamido had on Thursday issued a 10-day ultimatum to the social gathering’s management to resolve its inside disaster after dragging the PDP to court docket over the nationwide conference held in Ibadan, Oyo State, in mid-November.

Whereas addressing his supporters at his Sharada Workplace in Kano, Lamido referred to as for the dissolution of the NWC and the quick formation of a nationwide caretaker committee for the social gathering.

He careworn that Umar Damagum and Samuel Anyanwu remained the professional Chairman and Secretary of the social gathering till their tenure expires on December 8, 2025.

However reacting, the Nationwide Publicity Secretary of PDP produced by the Ibadan conference, Ini Ememobong, mentioned it was stunning that Lamido, who initially selected to take his grievances to court docket as an alternative of utilizing the social gathering’s inside conflict-resolution channels, is now urging the social gathering to depend on inside mechanisms to resolve the identical points.

Talking in an interview with Sunday PidomNigeria, Ememobong mentioned Lamido’s place was towards the present authorized actuality, explaining that a number of factions have already secured totally different court docket judgments, all of which are actually earlier than the Court docket of Appeal.

“He (Lamido) went to court docket and obtained a judgment. The Anyanwu group additionally has a judgment. Others have circumstances on the Excessive Court docket. All of us are actually earlier than the Court docket of Appeal. With legitimate court docket orders already in place, his suggestion is virtually unattainable,” he mentioned.

Ememobong careworn that the PDP structure doesn’t present for a nationwide caretaker committee, and the social gathering can’t create one whereas the appellate court docket is dealing with appeals which have already been entered.

He added that if Lamido had opted for inside engagement earlier, the social gathering would probably have settled the matter with out litigation.

On the social gathering’s efforts to reconcile with aggrieved leaders, Ememobong mentioned Lamido was conscious that social gathering stakeholders had made makes an attempt to succeed in him and others.

He defined that reconciliation would solely succeed if all sides have been keen to interact actually.

“The elders, the Board of Trustees, and the NWC have all proven dedication to reconciliation. However either side should be prepared. It can’t be a case of insisting that issues should go one particular person’s means,” he mentioned.

Based on him, governors within the social gathering, the nationwide chairman, and members of the NWC have been holding conferences with aggrieved members throughout the nation in a bid to unify the social gathering, “however it’s as much as these being contacted to verify whether or not they settle for the peace efforts.”

“Strikes have been made in the direction of him. There’s a disposition for reconciliation, however reconciliation should come when each events are prepared. You can not reconcile on the idea of ‘my means or the freeway’,” he mentioned.