The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), H.E. Amb. Umar Iliya Damagun, has categorically refuted a press statement issued earlier today, January 16, 2025, by the National Publicity Secretary (NPS), Hon. Debo Ologunagba. The statement falsely claimed that the National Working Committee (NWC) had convened and approved the verdict recognizing the Ewo-led executive in Rivers State.
For clarity, the NWC has not been served with the judgment in question, and no meeting has been held to deliberate or take any decision regarding it. Furthermore, the said judgment has already been appealed.
The NWC disassociates itself from what it describes as a calculated falsehood designed to achieve a predetermined objective. Recently, the NPS has been taking extreme and contradictory positions that undermine the collective resolve and authority of the NWC.
Members of the public, particularly the PDP family, are urged to disregard the publication as it represents only the imagination of the NPS.
The NWC assures that an official position on the matter will be communicated in due course.
Signed:
Ibrahim Abdullahi
Deputy National Publicity Secretary, PDP
January 16, 2025