Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary Kola Olorogbondiyan has said that the party leadership has announced that the North Central Party will field a substantive national chairman candidate to replace Acting Chairman Umar Damgunmu in November. He said he had made a decision. party.
Naija News reports that Mr. Ologbondiyan disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast show “The Morning Brief” on Wednesday.
Ologbondiyan met in Abuja on Tuesday to postpone the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, originally scheduled to be held from October 24 to November 28, 2024, and to allow the North Center Party to replace him. He said that it was the unanimous conclusion of PDP leaders to produce For Ayu Iyorkia, who was dismissed by a court ruling in 2023.
“The reason for the postponement is to enable the party leadership to win the Ondo State elections,” he said.
“And for that singular reason, after the victory in Ondo, it was ensured that an NEC meeting would be held on November 28th where the NEC would have the opportunity to elect a successor to Senator Iyolutia Ayu; Lawmakers are calm.”
When asked whether the entire party leadership agreed that the North Central Party would field a leadership candidate in November, Ologbodyan said, “Part of last night’s discussion and decision was made on November 28. This means that the North Central Party will field a leadership candidate on the same day.” Replacing Ambassador Ilyas Damagum, that can be said anywhere. ”