Drama as Fayose declares self PDP chairman, suspends Atiku, Wike, others (VIDEO)

Drama as Fayose declares self PDP chairman, suspends Atiku, Wike, others (VIDEO)

Fresh drama has been introduced into the crisis rocking the main opposition party in Nigeria as Isaac Fayose, brother of former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose, publicly declared himself the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and announced the suspension of prominent party members.

Those he suspended include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, his brother Ayo Fayose, and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, with other members of the PDP G5.

“It’s official; I’m the new national chairman of the PDP,” Fayose stated, adding that he had taken steps to secure the party’s headquarters.

“The current [Acting] National Chairman, Mr. Damagum, has been suspended, and I’ve asked security at Wadata House to keep the key with the Secretariat.”

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In his message, Fayose said that dissenters should seek legal redress rather than create disorder within the party.

“If you’re not happy, please, we don’t want you to come to the secretariat to make trouble. You can go to court,” he declared, affirming his suspension of “all the people doing anti-party.”

In suspending Atiku, he claimed the presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 poll had become a “headache” to the party.

This declaration came amid an ongoing internal battle.

Recently, a faction of the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) suspended Acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, National Secretary Samuel Anyanwu, National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, and National Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade.

But the Abuja Federal High Court in a recent ruling issued a restraining order preventing any changes to Damagum’s position, asserting that he must remain the Acting National Chairman until the next PDP convention, scheduled for December of next year.

With court intervention maintaining Damagum’s role, Fayose’s self-appointment and his sweeping suspensions may face further legal challenges, signalling a turbulent period for PDP’s leadership structure.

Drama as Fayose declares self PDP chairman, suspends Atiku, Wike, others (VIDEO)