Barely one hour into the expanded meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF), the forum issued a disclaimer to news making the rounds that its Chairman or his associates have instituted a legal action against the party, in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.
The disclaimer was contained in a statement signed by the Director General of the PDP-GF, Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, in Abuja, yesterday.
Agbo said, “The attention of the PDP Governors’ Forum, PDP-GF under the leadership of His Excellency, Senator Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State, and all the member Governors of the Forum, has been drawn to an online publication, to the effect that the Bauchi Governor and Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum filed a suit at the Federal High Court of Nigeria holden at Gusau Judicial Division, seeking an ex parte order that would compel the convening of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
“This is to emphatically state that the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Bauchi State does not in any way, either by proxy or himself, have anything to do with the said suit.
“For emphasis, our teeming supporters and all Nigerians are urged to ignore the false claim that the Chairman of the Forum or any of its members instigated any legal proceedings about the above.
“Finally, we wish to state that the publication is dubious, malicious and intended to smear the character of Governor Bala Mohammed.”
There were reports that some party members allegedly acting on the behest of the Bauchi State Governor had approached a Federal High Court in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital to seek for an interim injunction to compel the party to hold its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday as scheduled.
Recall, the PDP Governors had early last week enjoined party members who were in court against the party to withdraw such cases to pave way for genuine reconciliation.
Earlier, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, had issued a ruling on a matter brought before it by party members in Yobe State, the home state of the Ag. National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum.
The court restrained the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Board of Trustees (BoT) from removing Damagum from office until December 2025.
