Sixty members of the House of Representatives on Monday demanded the immediate resignation of the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Illiya Damagum.
The party members threatened to dump PDP if Damagum does not resign immediately, even as they accused him of anti-party activities.
They said he should immediately be replaced by someone from the North Central in line with the constitution of the party among other demands.
The lawmakers accused Damagum of handing over the structure of the leadership of the PDP to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, under which he’s serving as a minister.
Hon Ugochinyere Ikenga, Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream, who led five other lawmakers to address reporters at the National Assembly delivered the threat on behalf of the 60 PDP lawmakers.
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Ikenga said the Acting National Chairman, who has been allegedly engaging in anti-party activities, sold the party “for a plate of porridge.
Ikenga pointed out that if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had not been consistent in opposition over the years, he would have not succeeded as President today.
They said Damagun should go before destroying the party.
The lawmakers threatened that if this was not met they would leave the party and move to join other political parties.
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