By Kayode Araba
Ahead of the National Executive Committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, a group of 60 PDP Federal lawmakers under the aegis of Opposition lawmakers coalition has demanded the resignation of the acting chairman of PDP, Umar Damagun to pave way for North central candidate to emerge as an acting chairman pending the conduct of convention as required by the party’s constitution.
In addition, they also threatened to quit the Party if the alleged doctored list of Local Government Caretaker Committees of the party in Rivers and 10 other states filled with members and loyalists of the All Progressive Congress, APC is not nullified.
Addressing journalists at a press conference on Monday in Abuja, spokesperson of the group Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere who was flanked by other leading members of the G60 lawmakers in the coalition said that the members cannot be in a political party where activities of such party are determined by another political party.
However, they also accused Damagun of approving the plot to impeach the Rivers State Governor, Similayan Fubara, saying that he is fully aware of the entire details of the plots to impeach the Rivers State governor.
Ugochinyere insisted that going by the Constitution of the PDP and in line with its zoning formula enshrined in the constitution, it was the turn of the North Central to produce the Chairman of the party and called on North central leader to meet and present a credible replacement for Sen. lyorchia
Therefore, the group also raised an alarm over the alleged plot to use the Federal High Court to secure a secret exparte to legalize the extension of the about to expire tenure of LGA Chairmen in Rivers State which was carried out by the former members of the State Assembly who lost legitimacy as lawmakers the very moment they decamped to APC.
They called on the Chief Judge of Federal High Court, Justice Omotosho and other eminent Judges to be aware of these plots; stressing that those behind it are already celebrating that the exparte order is in their pocket awaiting release to the media even when the case has not been heard
