The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing crisis over the party’s national secretary position.
The meeting, which started at 2:30 pm, went into a closed-door session shortly after the opening ceremony.
PDP Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, said the meeting aimed to interact with INEC and seek guidance on the party’s national secretary issue. “We are here today, pertaining to the status of our national secretary,” Damagum said.
“We have gone into litigations… until when the Supreme Court made a pronouncement of which INEC was a party to that litigation.”
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, expressed concerns over the contradictory letters received from PDP regarding the national secretary position.
“In the last couple of months, we received letters from the party, saying that one Mr. Sunday Udeh-Okoye was the secretary. Thereafter, the party changed its mind and said it was Samuel Anyanwu.
The party later changed its mind to say that it was Mr. Setonji Koshoedo. And again the party changed its mind to say Anyanwu,” Yakubu said.
After the closed-door session, Damagum said the party’s leadership would meet with stakeholders on the matter and return to INEC on Thursday.
The meeting was attended by several high-profile PDP members, including governors, senators, and former government officials.
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