Proxy wars killing PDP, Damagum must stay till December 2025 – PDP NWC deputy officials insist

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Proxy wars killing PDP, Damagum must stay till December 2025 – PDP NWC deputy officials insist

Ambassador Umar Ilyas Damagum

Elected deputies in the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have declared that the party’s acting national chairman, Ambassador Umar Ilyas Damagum, will remain in office until December 2025, despite internal opposition and ongoing proxy wars. 

Speaking on behalf of other deputy officials during a press conference at the PDP headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, the party’s Deputy National Youth Leader, Mr. Timothy Osadolor, acknowledged the growing disillusionment among party members.

He urged aggrieved party leaders opposing Damagum’s leadership to consider exiting the party, while calling on loyal members to unite in rebuilding the PDP. 

Osadolor emphasized the urgent need to restore trust and integrity within the party, citing issues of insincerity, broken agreements, and self-serving interests as key challenge

He lamented that the ongoing internal conflicts were diverting attention from the party’s core objectives. 

The press briefing was attended by other senior PDP officials, including Deputy National Publicity Secretary Ibrahim Abdullahi, Deputy National Financial Secretary Ndubisi Eneh, and Deputy National Organising Secretary Pascal Adigwe, all of whom endorsed the call for party unity and support for Damagum’s leadership.

“Worrisome is the action of members of the party who, under the guise of being  ‘due process advocates,’ act on behalf of self-serving leaders lurking behind the scenes mischievously, causing misunderstanding in the party; this behaviour is self-serving on their part, as it is not in the interest of the PDP in any way.

“It is ethically and morally wrong for members of the party to move around, creating confusion instead of exploring our internal mechanism for peace; while we await the verdict of the courts, the ongoing crisis in Edo, where the APC and INEC-chosen governor is going berserk with their actions and pronouncements needs attention.

“This is no longer the time for blame game, all have sinned – from the Board of Trustees Chairman who endorsed an opposition governor, to candidates that negotiated and supported other parties’ candidates – to NWC members and leaders that lost their polling units,” he added while emphasizing that too many party bigwigs can be easily accused of actively contributing to PDP’s sad situation.