PDP gets acting Chairman

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved the Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwonmi, as the acting national chairman of the party.

This was disclosed by the party spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, after the National Working Committee closed door meeting in Abuja on Thursday.

Ologbondiyan said the approval was in line with Section 45 (2) of the PDP Constitution (as amended) “says in the absence of the national chairman, the deputy national chairman from the region as the national chairman will act in that position.”

Mr Akinwonmi replaces the national chairman, Uche Secondus, who was on Monday ordered by a Rivers State High Court not to parade himself as the national chairman of the PDP.

He confirmed the rescheduling of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) for Saturday.

“Elder Yemi Akinwonmi was unanimously affirmed as Acting National Chairman.

“We will be holding our caucus and another NWC meeting tomorrow preparatory to holding our National Executive Council meeting at 12 ‘O’clock on Saturday,” Mr Ologbondiyan told journalists.