The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that Uche Secondus remains the acting national chairman of the party, saying that there is no change in the leadership composition for now.
In a statement today the national legal adviser of the party, Victor Kwon, the party said: “for the avoidance of doubt, the statutory organs of the party, the NWC, National Caucus, Board of Trustees (BoT) and the National Executive Council (NEC) will be meeting next week.
“They will meet to deliberate on some developments, including the replacement, from the North-East of Alhaji Adamu Muazu, who resigned as the National Chairman of the party.”
Kwon said the replacement would be in strict adherence to the provisions of the constitution of PDP as specified in Section 47(6).
He said: “Until then, the status quo remains, which means the Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, remains as the Acting National Chairman.
“It must be reiterated that all relevant stakeholders of our party, including the PDP Governors’ Forum, National Caucus and the Board of Trustees (BoT) as well as our leadership structures at all levels are united behind the current NWC.
“They are all united behind the current NWC in the efforts to rebuild, reposition and strengthen our party for the challenges ahead.”
The PDP governors have earlier resolved that the national secretary of the party, Professor Wale Oladipo should take over the leadership of the party from Secondus. [myad]
