October 23, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rescheduled its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, which was earlier fixed for Thursday, October 24.
Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State and Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum announced the postponement after a stakeholders meeting on Tuesday night.
The meeting was attended by acting National Chairman, Iliya Damagum, members of the Party’s Board of Trustees and the National Working Committee (NWC),
Mohammed said the meeting resolved to shift the NEC meeting to November 28, 2024, to allow the party to concentrate on the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State.
Meanwhile, Governor Mohammed has debunked reports that the Governors Forum of the PDP approached the Federal High Court in Gusau, Zamfara State, seeking an ex parte order of the court to convene a NEC meeting of the party.
Emmanuel Agbo, Director General of the PDP Governors Forum, in a statement, said the Governor neither directly, nor through proxy, sponsored such a case against the party.
Agbo described the publication as “dubious, malicious and intended to smear the character of Governor Bala Mohammed.”
The statement reads; “The attention of the PDP Governors’ Forum, (PDPGF) under the leadership of His Excellency, Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State, and all the member Governors of the Forum, has been drawn to an online publication, to the effect that the Bauchi Governor and Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum filed a suit at the Federal High Court of Nigeria holden at Gusau Judicial Division seeking an ex parte order that would compel the convening of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
“This is to emphatically state that the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Bauchi State does not in any way, either by proxy or himself, have anything to do with the said suit.
“For emphasis, our teeming supporters and all Nigerians are urged to ignore the false claim that the Chairman of the Forum or any of its members instigated any legal proceedings in reference to the above.”
