‘APC agent of destruction’: Melaye reacts as PDP leadership suspends Damagum

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering politics and government in Nigeria.

FCT, Abuja – Dino Melaye, a former senator from Kogi State, on Friday, October 11, described Umar Damagum, the acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as an “agent of destruction” planted by the ruling Congress of All the Progressives (APC). ).

Legit.ng reports that Damagum, who has been holding the PDP acting chairmanship since 2023 following the suspension of former president Iyorchia Ayu, has been facing several internal challenges.

“Go and join the APC,” Melaye in Damagum

His critics have said he is not the right person to lead the party. They have also been pressing calls for his instant replacement.

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On Friday October 11, Nigerians woke up to the news of the suspension of Damagum.

Legit.ng they discovered that the Damagum-led faction first suspended the National Legal Adviser, Adeyemi Ajibade, and the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, and set up a committee to investigate their “disloyalty” to the party.

In the same vein, the Ajibade faction countered the suspension of Damagum and the national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu.

Legit.ng reports that a meeting of top PDP leaders in Abuja on Thursday October 10 was seen as a battle for control of the party as it took a new dimension. The Damagum-led National Working Committee (NWC) was said to be under pressure to sanction some of its members who were considered against the former Rivers State Governor and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ), Nyesom Wike.

Wike has not been heavily involved in PDP activities since the 2023 general elections.

Although some people have called for his suspension to help an opposition candidate, Bola Tinubu, to power, the party has not sanctioned him.

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Pro and anti-Wike sentiments have polarized the party.

Reacting to the lingering PDP crisis, Melaye posted artwork on his X verified page (formerly Twitter) saying the alleged harm Damagum has done to the PDP is enough.

The former federal lawmaker wrote:

“That’s enough.”

He added:

“Go and join APC in peace.”

PDP suspends former senator Dino Melaye

before, Legit.ng reported that the PDP suspended Melaye from the party for alleged anti-party activities.

The Ayetoro/Iluagba ward 1 party executive committee took this decision after reviewing the report of the disciplinary committee charged with investigating Melaye.

Source: Legit.ng