Former senator Mao Ohuabunwa has emerged as the factional chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees. The development followed the dissolution of the Adolphus Wabara-led board by a group loyal to Acting National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammad.
The announcement came in a statement released after the new BoT’s inaugural emergency meeting in Abuja on Friday. The Mao Ohuabunwa PDP Board of Trustees faction also named Hon. Isah Dansidi as its new Secretary, replacing Senator Ahmed Makarfi.
According to the statement, Wabara and Makarfi’s open stance in the party’s leadership crisis compromised the BoT’s neutrality and moral authority.
“Accordingly, the Board unanimously approved the election of Senator Mao Ohuabunwa and Hon. Isah Dansidi as the Chairman and Secretary of the newly constituted Board of Trustees, respectively,” the communique read.
The BoT reaffirmed that the PDP remains one indivisible, united, and democratic family committed to justice, equity, and progress.
It also supported delaying the party’s national convention until the appeal against the Federal High Court ruling concludes.
“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 statement added.
