Reported suspension of Iyorchia Ayu as national chairman is fake news- PDP

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed a fictitious report being circulated in a section of the social media suggesting that the National Chairman of the party, Senator Dr Iyorchia Ayu had been suspended by the NWC.

In a statement, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said such report was completely false and a product of the imagination of mischief makers with the intent to “destabilize our party, create an impression of crisis within our ranks and mislead the unsuspecting members of the public.”

“It is clear that the false report is the handiwork of vicious anti-people forces who are agitated by the stability, unity and soaring popularity of our Party under the cohesive Sen. Dr. Ayu-led National Working Committee as well as the intimidating statures of our Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar and His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa respectively.

“For clarity, our National Chairman, Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu is on a short vacation outside of the country and he officially transmitted power to the Deputy National Chairman (North), His Excellency Amb. Umar Iliya Damagum, to perform his duties in Acting Capacity, pending his return, in line with the provision of the Constitution of the PDP 2017 (as amended).

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“It is instructive to state that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was duly informed on the absence of our National Chairman and that Amb. Damagun will be performing the duties of the National Chairman in Acting Capacity pending Sen. Dr. Ayu’s return.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the PDP and the NWC is united and Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu remains the National Chairman,” the statement read.

The party NWC urged all members of the party, teeming supporters, the media and the public to disregard the said report and treat it as fake news.