The Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, Samuel Imobo-Swam, says his principal has not been suspended from his position.
The clarification came amid reports that Ayu was suspended after an emergency meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).
According to the report, the meeting has appointed the Deputy National Chairman (North), Amb. Umar Damagun, as the acting chairman.
However, Imobo-Swam in a statement on Wednesday, described the reports as mischievous and untrue.
The statement reads, “Dr Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP National Chairman remains the PDP National Chairman.
“Dr Ayu took a well-deserved, two-week leave on 21st June 2022. He will be back next week to resume duties, specifically on July 6, 2022.
“A stickler for due process, Dr Ayu formally handed over to the Deputy National Chairman (North), Amb. Umar Damagun, and the Deputy National Chairman has held forth admirably since that day.
“It was in that acting capacity that he (Damagun) today, presided over the inauguration of the Osun State Gubernatorial Campaign Council, headed by the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, H.E. Douye Diri
“If not that the authors of the mischievous and baseless Facebook posts were out to serve nefarious interests, they would have heard when the acting national chairman, Amb. Damagun, said during the ceremony today: “On behalf of my able National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, I hereby inaugurate you.”
“The general public is, therefore, advised to ignore the mischievous social media publications as they are purely the work of mischief makers and idle minds.”
