Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have kicked against attempts by a former Political Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, to assume the position of the party’s acting national chairman.
The governors who rose from a meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, said the invasion of Wadata Plaza by Gulak was “regrettable and condemnable”.
The position of the governors was contained in a communique issued at the end of the meeting.
“Our party constitution has enough provisions for that and the necessary process has been put in motion,” they said.
Justice Yusuf Baba of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory had on December 16 directed acting national chairman of the party, Uche Secondus to vacate office and revert to his position as deputy national chairman of the party.
The court also said Secondus should handover the leadership of the party to either Gulak, who was the plaintiff to the suit, or any other qualified person from the north eastern part of the country.
The office of national chairman of the PDP became vacant after former chairman, Ahmadu Muazu, resigned his position last year.
PDP governors on Wednesday said the appropriate organs of the party will meet soon to elect a national chairman of the party from the appropriate zone.
