- Fayose supports the suspension of PDP National Chairman Umar Damagun.
- Accuses Damagun of incompetence and manipulating his way into the PDP leadership.
- Says new acting PDP chairman, Mohammed Abdurrahman, now has full backing to reposition the party.
- Warns that Damagun will exit his role the same way former chairman Iyorchia Ayu did.
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has thrown his full support behind the suspension of the PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagun. Fayose described Damagun as incompetent and claimed that his appointment was a product of manipulation rather than merit. He spoke in Ado Ekiti on Sunday while addressing the growing tension within the PDP leadership.
According to him, the latest suspension did not come as a surprise because Damagun had allegedly lost the trust of many party members long before now. Fayose compared the unfolding situation to the crisis that led to the exit of former PDP chairman Iyorchia Ayu, adding that Damagun would face the same fate.
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He stated, “Damagun will go the same way Ayu went; I can assure you. He has served his last day as chairman. He was never supposed to occupy that office in the first place.”
A faction within the party, backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, had earlier announced the suspension of Damagun and some National Working Committee members. The faction simultaneously declared Mohammed Abdurrahman as the new acting national chairman.
Fayose applauded the development, saying the party finally has someone willing to restructure and stabilise the PDP. He described Abdurrahman as a unifying figure who has the backing of the majority.
“We are happy we now have an acting national chairman who understands what the party needs at this moment,” he said. “Damagun only used the position to create confusion. The PDP couldn’t even hold NEC meetings because of him.”
Fayose urged the new acting chairman to begin immediate reconciliation across different state chapters and to prepare for a proper national convention that would return credibility to the party’s leadership structure.
He also touched on the turmoil within the South-West PDP, accusing certain leaders of ignoring the party constitution and trying to control multiple state chapters from a single office.
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“Someone wants to run the South-West like a personal empire,” he said. “You can’t be talking about peace while refusing to follow due process.”
Fayose assured party members that court challenges would not stop the leadership change, insisting that the suspension was in line with the party’s constitution and that the legal process would affirm Abdurrahman as acting chairman.
