By Adesina Soyooye
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, local to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has sacked the Party’s Board of Trustees, and Installed a new Leadership.
Sacked on Friday at a meeting held at the official residence of the Minister are, Chairman, former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, PhD, the Secretary, former Governor of Kaduna State, Senate Ahmed Makarfi, and more.
In Dr. Wabara’s place, the faction appointed a former Senator who represented Abia North, Mao Ohuabunwa. The factional BoT Secretary who was appointed in place of Makarfi is Isah Dansadi.
The factional Acting National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammad presided over the meeting.
The changes were announced in a communique after the inaugural and emergency meeting of the newly reconstituted BoT held in Abuja.
The communique, said the Wabara and Makarfi could has lost the capacity to serve in their previous offices because it has “publicly taken positions in the ongoing intra-party crisis,” and so lost the neutrality expected of a BoT.
“Accordingly, the Board unanimously approved the election of Senator Mao Ohuabunwa and Hon. Isah Dansidi as the Chairman and Secretary of the newly constituted Board of Trustees, respectively.”
The BoT reassured of the party’s cohesion as “one indivisible, united, and democratic family firmly committed to the ideals of justice, equity, and progress.”
It urged all organs and officers of the party to ensure “full and immediate compliance” with the October 31 judgment of the Federal High Court, which nullified some internal actions of the previous leadership.
The factional BoT also supported the postponement of the National Convention pending the outcome of the appeal filed against the Federal High Court judgment.
“The judgment of the Federal High Court remains superior and weightier in law than the interim order of the Oyo State High Court.
“Prudence and respect for judicial processes demand that the proposed National Convention be postponed until the Court of Appeal delivers its decision”, the communique said.
The BoT warned
that no organ of the party should act “in contempt of court, or outside constitutional provisions,”
and cautioned that such actions would render any outcomes null and void.
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