PDP Crisis: Damagum’s Suspension, A Tactical Move – Melaye
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The suspension of Umar Damagum, the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has been described as a tactical move to resolve the crisis rocking the party.
According to Dino Melaye, a former Senator and member of the party, Damagum’s suspension was in compliance with a court order, which restrained the party from removing him as the acting national chairman.
Melaye, in a statement, said: “In compliance with the court order, not to sack Damagun, he has been suspended and not sacked. We have obeyed the court order because PDP is a law-abiding party.
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“The suspension will aid in the resolution of the crisis in our party.”
A faction of the party’s National Working Committee had suspended Damagum, alongside the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, and National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade.
However, the Abuja Federal High Court restrained the National Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees from removing Damagum as the party’s acting national chairman.
The court ordered that no other person should be recognized as PDP national chairman other than Damagum until the party’s national convention scheduled for December next year.
