A faction of the Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, loyal to Umar Damagum says the suspension of Nationwide Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, Nationwide Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, and Nationwide Authorized Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, for anti-party actions and gross misconduct stays legitimate.
This was contained in an announcement on the verified X deal with of the occasion on Friday.
The faction additionally described the Vice Chairman (North Central), Abdulrahman Mohammed as an impostor and illegitimate claimant of the place of Performing Nationwide Chairman, accusing him of a determined bid to derail the occasion’s Nationwide Conference in Ibadan come November 15 and 16.
It mentioned the decisive stance to droop them underscores the occasion’s unwavering dedication to constitutional self-discipline and unity because it prepares towards the unifying Nationwide Elective Conference.
Based on the faction, the suspensions, imposed on November 1, 2025, following an emergency NWC assembly, had been enacted below Sections 57(3), 58(1)(a)(b)(c)(h), and 59(1) of the PDP Structure (as amended in 2017), citing grave constitutional infractions and actions detrimental to the occasion’s progress.
It added that the measures, additionally extending to Deputy Nationwide Authorized Adviser Okechukwu Osuoha, stay in full drive for one month, with the affected officers referred to the Nationwide Disciplinary Committee for additional overview.
“In view of the foregoing, the PDP has formally notified the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, of those actions, guaranteeing compliance with the choice of the NWC which the electoral physique has acknowledged.
“The PDP NWC stays indivisible below Ambassador Damagum’s official management, with 14 of 17 members standing agency in opposition to this charade.
“Anyanwu, Bature, Ajibade, and their co-conspirators, together with the self-proclaimed ‘Performing Chairman’ Abdulrahman Mohammed, are illegitimate actors whose determined maneuvers, fueled by private ambitions and APC proxies, won’t fracture the PDP’s resolve.
“Their suspensions stand as a bulwark for occasion integrity, and the Celebration have petitioned the Inspector-Common of Police to analyze the violent invasion and maintain perpetrators accountable,” the assertion mentioned.
