The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdulrahman Mohammed, and other members of the National Working Committee (NWC) were re-elected on Sunday through a consensus arrangement adopted by the party.
They were re-elected at the national convention of a faction of the party loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
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At the convention, over 2,000 delegates from across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) endorsed the 22-member National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.
Newly elected NWC
Other elected NWC members are Samuel Anyanwu, national secretary; Aaron Chukwuemeka, deputy national chairman (South); Yusuf Akirikwen, deputy national chairman (North) and Kolawale Olabisi, deputy national secretary.
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Other key positions filled include Opeyemi Oladiran as national treasurer and Lado Marke as deputy national treasurer. Eyim Henry emerged as national financial secretary, alongside Grema Kyari as his deputy.
Umar Bature was elected national organising secretary, with Efere Augustine as deputy national organising secretary. Jungudo Mohammed emerged as national publicity secretary, while Egwu Chidiebere was named deputy national publicity secretary.
In the legal unit, Kamaldeen Ajibade was elected national legal adviser, with Aloysius Uba as deputy national legal adviser.
Osuoha Donatus and Adaba Yatu emerged as national auditor and deputy national auditor, respectively.
Ogunshe Adedayo, a professor, was elected national women leader, with Hauwa Shinge as her deputy. Ibrahim Aboki emerged as national youth leader, while Eugene Momoh-Dejih was elected deputy national youth leader.
They are to steer the affairs of the party for the next four years.
Their election via consensus followed a motion by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, and seconded by Usman Ahmed.
Earlier, the Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, moved a motion for the dissolution of the former NWC and the ratification of congresses held across some states.
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Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan’s motion was seconded by Zainab Bako.
In his acceptance speech, Mr Mohammed committed to uniting party members and moving the party forward.
Party leaders said the consensus process reflected a united front among stakeholders and was aimed at fostering cohesion within the PDP. The development follows months of internal wrangling between two factions of the party.
Another faction within the party, led by Kabiru Turaki, on Friday approached the Supreme Court, asking it to restrain the faction loyal to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, from conducting the national convention held on Sunday.
The Court of Appeal had earlier this month invalidated the Mr Turaki-led NWC, which emerged only in November last year at a convention in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The new NWC is expected to steer the party through reconciliation efforts and reposition it as a formidable opposition force in Nigeria’s political landscape.
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