The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has said
suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus
must vacate office.
Tambuwal said Secondus must leave office in obedience to the
court order sacking him.
The chairman of the PDP Governors Forum spoke while
addressing newsmen yesterday after an emergency meeting of the forum in Abuja.
Tambuwal also expressed the Forum’s readiness to support the
acting National Chairman of the party, Yemi Akinwonmi.
“We are a law-abiding party that believes in the rule of
law. So when a High Court in Port Harcourt restrained Secondus from parading
himself as national chairman of the party, we advised ourselves that was the
way to go. We must comply with that court order.
“We had Akinwonmi presiding over the meeting of the National
Working Committee today and he came to brief us on their decision which is in
line with the previous meeting of the Governors Forum and the meeting of
stakeholders that there should be NEC meeting on Saturday, where we shall be
discussing issues about the national convention by the grace of God, which is
still holding in October.
“The road can be bumpy but the most important thing is that
we are still holding together strongly and that is what we assure our members
and teeming supporters across the country.
“We are the hope of Nigeria and the hope of the future and
we earned that confidence and trust of Nigerians and we are not going to betray
it,” he said.
Recall that a Rivers State High Court had ordered Secondus
to vacate the office of the PDP National Chairman.
However, Justice Nusirat. I. Umar, a vacation Judge of the
Kebbi State High Court, had yesterday reinstated Secondus back to his office.
Meanwhile, Yemi Akinwonmi, had declared himself as the
authentic National Chairman of the opposition party.
PDP also confirmed Akinwonmi as the acting National
Chairman.
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