PDP held a NEC meeting, returning Anyanwu as the National Secretary

The Democratic People’s Party (PDP) on Monday held a meeting of the 1100th National Executive Committee (NEC) and returned Senator Samuel Anyanwu as his national secretary

Acting Chairman of the National PDP, Umar Damagum, who gave direction to journalists after the meeting, said the next NEC meeting would be held on July 23.

Previously, Anyanwu and Sunday Udeh-Okoye filed a claim for the position of the National Secretary of PDP.

He said: “As you can see, we only rose from our 100th NEC meeting. This meeting was a one-agenda meeting, namely to discuss the results of our interaction with Inec in connection with the National Secretary.

“We all combine efforts. We all together and we all agreed that the Senator Anyanwu will continue to act as the National Secretary and bring the convention problem to the next NEC, which is scheduled for July 23.

“At that time, we will be able to hold the right NEC where I and Anyanwu will sign a notification to meet the requirements of Inec regulations in holding a meeting.”

Damagum said that it was contrary to the expectations of the descendants that the meeting would end in a crisis, PDP remained the only party with a mechanism to resolve its internal crisis.

“You can see that all our governors attend the meeting; all NWC members are on the same page. You will not see all the press releases and the releasing cons,” he added.

Speaking previously at the start of the meeting, Damagum had advised PDP leaders and members to stop parking the party.

“If you really love this party, I think now is the time for you to pour out your energy in spreading the beauty of the party.

“Stop not marketing the party unless you are one of those who have been contracted to come and destroy our party. I want to say it clearly here, enough enough,” he warned.

The chairman reminded PDP leaders that they had responsibilities to the party.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the PDP Supervisory Board, Adolphus Wabara, said that the party would never die.

He praised members of the National Work Committee of the PDP (NWC) for coming together again and urged them not to allow fertilizers anymore.

“What happens here today will surprise many people. I am sure they will start planning again to bring problems.

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“NWC does not allow any more gaps, because once they see us now gather together, they will say: ‘What happens?'”

The Chairperson, the PDP Governor Forum, Governor of Bala Mohammed from the State of Bauchi, described the party’s ability to hold the NEC’s100th meeting as “the wonders of PDP, a party with the genealogy to lead Nigeria.”

Mohammed said that the defector was created to distract the party, adding that party leaders remained firm.

“I have to tell the world that NWC has collapsed all differences, all disputes. What you see in terms of conflicting press release has stopped. You will not see it again. We are all in the same page,” said the Governor.

The meeting was attended by Governor Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Caleb Muftwang (highlands), Ahmadu Fintri (Adamawa), and Duoye Self (Bayelsa).

Also at the meeting was the former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, former Secretary of PDP, Prof. Jerry Gana, BOT Secretary, Ahmed Makarfi, former Governor of Bayelsa, Seriake Dickson, and former Governor Akwa Ibom, Emmanuel Udom.

Others are the leader of the Senate Minority, Abba Moro, Deputy Chairperson of the National (South), Amb. Taofeek Aapaja, Former Information Minister, Labaran Maku, Iyom Josephine Aneh, Sunday Ude-Okoye, Ben Obi, and former Deputy Chairperson of the National (South), Head of Bode George.