NWC moves to intervene in Lagos PDP crisis
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to intervene in the crisis rocking the party in Lagos State, Daily Trust can report. This followed Friday’s suspension of the State party Chairman, Hon. Deji Doherty by stakeholders. APC govs to work with PDP, APGA to end insecurity PDP kicks as APC […]
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to intervene in the crisis rocking the party in Lagos State, Daily Trust can report.
This followed Friday’s suspension of the State party Chairman, Hon. Deji Doherty by stakeholders.
The suspension of Doherty was the climax of the melodrama that rocked the PDP last week following suspension and counter suspension.
The embattled chairman had announced the suspension of three members of the state working committee including the state secretary, Prince Muiz Dosunmu, Publicity Secretary, Taofiq Gani and an Ex-Officio, Nurudeen Adewale.
They dismissed their suspension and in a twist on Friday, the party stakeholders met at the secretariat and announced the suspension of Doherty for alleged financial misappropriation, among other infractions.
State Executive members at the briefing addressed by the Secretary, Prince Dosunmu included Chief Taiwo Kuye, PDP South-West Caretaker Member; Alhaji Segun Sowole, the PDP Vice Chairman, Lagos Central and Mr Tejumade Muyideen, PDP Legal Adviser.
The stakeholders also through a voice vote appointed Mr. Waliu Hassan, the Deputy Chairman of the party as the acting chairman.
Also, the congress passed a vote of confidence on the three members suspended by the ‘suspended’ chairman.
But Doherty, in a swift reaction, dismissed the suspension as a charade, insisting that he remained the state chairman as only the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) can suspend him.
Daily Trust reports that the crisis in Lagos PDP is a fallout of the disharmony that has rocked the PDP in the South-West with stakeholders pitching their tents among gladiators including Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, former Ekiti Governor Ayo Fayose, PDP leader in Lagos, Chief Bode George, among others.
But the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in a chat with our correspondent yesterday said the party was keenly watching the situation in Lagos chapter and it would soon intervene.
“We are watching the situation keenly and the party at the national level will soon intervene. I don’t know who is suspending who but we are watching the situation keenly and we will intervene,” he said in a telephone chat with our correspondent.