Opposition lawmakers within the House of Representatives on Saturday raised severe allegations towards the appearing National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum, and the celebration’s National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu.
The lawmakers beneath the aegis of the Opposition Coalition accused the celebration leaders of a covert plot to sabotage the PDP by aiding defected former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly with authorized backing to aim impeach the Rivers State governor, Sim Fubara out of Office.
Speaking on behalf of the coalition, the spokesperson and member of the House of Representatives representing Ideato Federal Constituency, Ikenga Ugochinyere, detailed a sequence of occasions which he described as a calculated try by Damagum and Anyanwu to weaken the PDP from inside and undermine its authorized standing in a high-profile court docket case that might see pro-Wike “sacked APC lawmakers gaining legal ground to attempt to force PDP government out of office.”
The opposition spokesman went additional to state that Damagun and Anyanwu had been opposing the National Legal Adviser, Kalmadeen Ajibade’s transfer to make sure that the pro-Wike lawmakers who defected from the PDP had been neutralised and stopped from doing any hurt to the PDP’s curiosity, including that the PDP chairman and secretary had been working in favour of the pro-Wike APC lawmakers to assist them regain misplaced legitimacy
The case, marked PHC/2177/CS/2024, centres on a dispute over the defection of 27 PDP members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on December 11, 2023.
Ugochinyere defined that the Rivers State High Court had beforehand issued an ex parte order on July 8, 2024, restraining key state officers from interacting with the defected lawmakers.
The Opposition Coalition lawmakers argued that the motion of the celebration’s management was a part of a broader scheme to destabilise the PDP in Rivers State and pave the best way for the APC’s political ambitions.
Ugochinyere warned of dire penalties if the “plot” was allowed to succeed, together with the erosion of inner democracy throughout the PDP, potential fragmentation of the celebration, lack of public belief, and vital authorized and monetary repercussions.
He referred to as for rapid motion, together with reaffirming the authority of the National Legal Adviser, taking authorized steps to restrain the nationwide chairman and secretary from additional interference, and convening a disciplinary committee to research their actions.
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“The PDP must stand united in the face of this betrayal. We call on all members of the PDP and well-meaning Nigerians to join us in defending the integrity of our party and ensuring that justice prevails,” Ugochinyere added.