Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has been elected as the factional Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, after the dissolution of the Adolphus Wabara-led board by a faction loyal to the party’s new Acting National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammad.
A communique issued on Friday after the inaugural and emergency meeting of the newly reconstituted BoT held in Abuja announced the change of baton.
The new BoT has Isah Dansidi as Secretary, replacing Senator Ahmed Makarfi.
According to the communique, Wabara and Makarfi were dropped for “publicly taking positions in the ongoing intra-party crisis,” a situation it said undermined the neutrality and moral authority expected of the BoT.
The BoT said the PDP “remains one indivisible, united, and democratic family firmly committed to the ideals of justice, equity, and progress.”
The BoT supported the postponement of the party’s national convention pending the outcome of the appeal filed against the Federal High Court judgment.
“The judgment of the Federal High Court remains superior and weightier in law than the interim order of the Oyo State High Court.
“Prudence and respect for judicial processes demand that the proposed National Convention be postponed until the Court of Appeal delivers its decision,” the communique read.
