PDP national chairman has resigned? Fact finally emerges

• The affirm touching on the PDP appearing national chairman, Umar Damagum, has been reality-checked and the information devour now been established
• The PDP, which changed into as soon as based in 1998, has remained a national political event and controlled the federal govt for 16 years
• Nonetheless, because it misplaced control at the national level in 2015, the event has been experiencing a series of leadership crises at more than a few ranges

The Other folks’s Democratic Occasion (PDP) has been a dominating political event in Nigeria’s political house since its establishment in 1998.

The PDP changed into as soon as the ruling event from 1999 to 2015 in Nigeria and it has been faced with interior and leadership crises since its electoral defeat at the national level. To this level, the event has struggled to reclaim its affect.

PDP challenges after the 2023 neatly-liked election

Following the cease of the 2023 neatly-liked election, the PDP further had the challenges of division, while the bulk of its people are calling for structural reforms and accountability from its leader.

Amid the disaster, Umar Damagum changed into as soon as appointed because the appearing national chairman of the event in March 2023 after its Iyorchia Ayu changed into as soon as eliminated from the gap. Damagum’s tenure had been marred with requires his elimination, particularly from individuals who insisted that North Central must restful defend the gap to whole the tenure of Ayu.

Facebook put up’s affirm on PDP governors

Amid the controversy, a Facebook person with the title @Files in Naija in a put up on March 15. The put up included an image of Damagum, with a caption suggesting that the appearing PDP national chairman had resigned.

The put up claimed that the PDP governors devour taken price of the event as Damagum has stepped down. The Facebook put up cited Arise TV as its provide, adding that the improvement came about amid the PDP governors’ effort to toughen the event.

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Furthermore, the put up claimed that the PDP governors had been making moves to unite the event sooner than the 2027 election, announcing Damagum’s resignation changed into as soon as strategic to their idea of restructuring. The Facebook put up said the governors main to present a united front in the 2027 neatly-liked election.

The put up has obtained comments, shares, likes and reposts by so a lot of others on Facebook. Nonetheless, on legend of of the ambiguity of the affirm, Dubawa, a reality-checking organisation, has reality-checked the affirm and verified its authenticity.

Fixed with Dubara, there changed into as soon as no such legend on AriseTV, the medium that the Facebook put up mentioned as its provide. Also, Damagum has denied the affirm in a recordsdata legend revealed by Industry Day, the keep aside he urged Nigerians to regard it as “false recordsdata”.

Bode George speaks on PDP’s fate

Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP’s fate in the 2027 presidential election had been predicted to be stronger sooner than the ballotwith the hope that its interior disaster would be solved sooner than then.

Chief Bode George, frail Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, predicted on Wednesday, December 11.

George emphasised that an particular person’s ambition can’t override the PDP’s principles of equality, justice and fairness.

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