David Mark, the former Senate President, is being pushed for the position of party chairman by supporters of PDP presidential contender Atiku Abubakar.
Since Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP’s national chairman, was suspended at the ward level of the party in Benue State in March 2023, the party has been without a substantive chairman.
Umar Ililya Damagum took over as acting national chairman after Ayu was suspended, but the Atiku camp is allegedly uneasy with him.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) government, which is led by Nyesom Wike, a former governor of the state of Rivers and currently acting as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, was not pleased with the appearance of Damagum.
According to sources who spoke with TheCable, Mark would be able to deal with renegade party members who are engaged in anti-party actions if chosen as the next chairman.
Former Jigawa governor Atiku, Sule Lamido, Babangida Aliyu, and minister Adamu Maina Waziri were among the supporters who once attempted to move against the interim chairman but were repelled by the prospect of a reaction.
A former governor told TheCable, “You would expect the PDP to have suspended or expelled Wike by now for his anti-party activities, worsened by his acceptance of a ministerial appointment from a rival party.
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“But it is very clear that the national working committee is in Wike’s pocket, so we should not expect any form of discipline in the party.”
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