By Israel Adamu,Jos
Plateau PDP Progressive Vanguard on Sunday pledged it’s loyalty to the faction National Chairman of the party Hon Abdulraham Mohammed.
Addressing newsmen in Jos Alh Isa Musa Kwarshak, the Chairman and
Hon. Amos Tongwe Secretary of the group also reject in totality, the purported suspension of the National Secretary of the PDP, Samuel Anyanwu,
the National Legal Adviser, Kamaluddeen Adeyemi ( SAN), the National Organising Secretary Hon Umar Bature, and the Deputy National Legal Adviser, Ikechukwu Osouha, by what they described as few members of the National Working Committee NWC, led by Amb.Umar Damagum after a meeting of the NWC.
They said “As genuine and committed members of our great Party the PDP, Plateau State chapter, we deem it necessary to organise this press briefing to express our unflinching loyalty, and total support to the appointment of Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed, as the New Acting National Chairman of the PDP, following the suspension of Amb Umar Iliya Damagun, for his alleged incompetence, impunity, financial misconduct, and flagrant disregard to Court Judgements.
“We are well informed that those who were suspended, were not aware of the NWC’s meeting because, they were not informed. And we know as a fact that, it is the National Secretary of the PDP, Samuel Anyanwu, who has the official responsibility to communicate to members of the NWC concerning such meeting. ”
To us also as group. we hold that the purported suspension is ill conceived, illegal, null and void It therefore, must be rejected by all well meaning members of our Party.
We also view the step taken, as a deliberate attempt by Amb Damagun to frustrate the concerted efforts towards conducting a successful National Convention in line with the dictates of the Party’s Constitution, and the Guidelines of the 2025 National Convention.
Our dear fellow Party members, as you are all aware, the Federal Court Abuja on Friday, 31st October, 2025, presided over by Hon Justice Omotosho, delivered a landmark Judgement, which barred our great Party from going ahead with the 2025, planned National Convention.
The Honourable Court, cited breaches of the PDP, Constitution, the Guidelines for the 2025, National Convention and disobedience to Court Order bv Amb Umar Iliya Damagun.
Instead of Amb Damagun and his supporters in the NWC, to accept the Judgement of the Federal High Court in good faith, and also see it, as a window and an ample opportunity for the Party to correct their mistakes and bring all the critical stakeholders of the Party together for reconciliation, and work towards conducting the Outstanding State Congresses in the remaining 12 States, rather Damagun regrettably resorted to self help and personal vendetta against some members of the NWO to aggravate the problems of the Party thereby deeming the hope of genuine reconciliation .
They added that ” in our view, if Damagun and his clique in the NWC, were genuinely committed to a peaceful reconciliation, they would have fully complied with the Orders of the Federal High Court Abuja, to bring to an end, all the lingering Court cases.
But sadly, they were not interested in a genuine reconciliation, but rather chose to open more fronts of confrontations, and pushing the Party deeper into the trouble waters of Court cases.
We are therefore not surprised that they ran to Oyo State and secured an Exparte Order from the Oyo State High Court, which is a Court of coordinate jurisdiction with the Federal High Court Abuja.
To us, and many groups with the Party, we frown at the later Judgement, being not from an Appellate Court, which has the competent Jurisdiction to set aside the Judgement of the Federal High Court, delivered against the PDP.
This singular act, we believe also, is a grand plan by Damagun to lock the PDP in perpetual litigations, and deliberately too, aimed at stopping the Party from presenting valid candidates for the 2027 general election.
If Damagun was interested in genuine reconciliation, critical stakeholders of the Party like, the former Governor of Jigawa State Alhaji Sule Lamido, the former Governor of Rivers State, who is currently the Minister of the FCT, Barr Nyesome Wike, the former Governor of Abia State, Okey Ikpeazu, former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, former Governor of Ekiti State Ayo Fayose and many others wouldn’t have been sidelined in the affairs of the Party in the build up to the 2025 National Convention.
The group added that ” These are leaders that have stood for the Party through thick and thin and they must be carried along for genuine reconciliation, aimed at bringing back the party to the path of progress and success in the forthcoming general election. ”
“We have recently watched in utter shame and disbelieve, how the Amb Umar Iliya Damagun led clique humiliated, Alh Sule Lamido, a renowned founding member of the Party, and how he was frustrated, and denied the right to purchase the nomination form to contest for the position of the National Chairman of the Party, zoned to the North West geopolitical zone, in crass display of illegality, impunity, dictatorship and discrimination, against some critical stakeholders of the Party perceived as opponents within the Party. ”
Looking at the immeasurable contribution of Barr Nyesome Wike to the PDP since, 1999 to date, not only in Rivers State, but the entire country and yet. he is not been carried along in the affairs of the Party. by Amb Damagun, is shocking, unbelievable, and better imagine than a reality.
For us in Plateau State, we are indebted to Barr Nyesome Wike. for his massive support and contributions to the PDP. to win the Governorship election in 2023, and therefore, will not bite the finger that fed us We will always identify and stand with him for the overall success of our great Party.
Any attempt to sideline him and other critical stakeholders that have sustained the Party over the years will be resisted and rejected.
As a law-abiding group, we align with the position of the NWC under the leadership of the New Acting National Chairman, Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed, to cancel the planned 2025 National Convention, on the basis of the Judgement of the Federal High Court Abuja, delivered on 31st October,2025, pending the outcome of the interpretation of the Judgement by the Court of Appeal.
“We aligned with the position of the NWC, under the leadership of, Hon, Abdulrahman Mohammed, to approach the Court of Appeal for interpretation ot the Judgement of the Federal High Court Abuja, for the Party to have a clear direction. ”
We also wish to endorse and congratulate distinguished Senator Moa Ohuabunwa and Alh Isa Dansidi, on their appointments, as Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the PDP.
According to them ” This is because we believe in their integrity, competence, and capacity to bring everyone together and restore confidence, trust and faith in the Party. ”
We want to call on the teeming members and supporters of our great party in Plateau State and the country at large, to align and continue to support the New Acting National Chairman, Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed, and Members of the NWC, as well as, the newly inaugurated BOT members of our great Party, in their effort towards reconciling and repositioning the Party to organise an all inclusive and seamless 2025 National Convention that is in tandem with the Constitution of the PDP, and the Guidelines of the 2025 National Convention.
