PDP faction dissolves 14 state executives as Turaki group attacks APC govt 

The Nyelsom Wike/Samuel Anyanwu led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the State Working Committee of the party in 14 states of the federation.

The states are Borno, Bauchi, Oyo, Zamfara, Yobi, Ekiti, Bayelsa, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Delta, Taraba, Kano, and Lagos.

In a communique at the end of its National Working Caretaker Committee, the faction also announced January 9, as the date for the conduct of state congresses of the faction, adding that a date for the national convention will be announced later.

The faction dismissed claims by the Tanimu Turaki led faction of its recognition by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying the claim was false.

While saying that the party remains strong and indivisible, the communique said there is only one genuine and legitimate PDP, headed by Honorable Abdulrahman Mohammed.

The faction announced Professor Adenike Ogunse as Women Leader, Engineer Deji Dohaty as Deputy National Secretary, Senator Olaka Ogunwu as Treasurer, Jungu Haruna Mohammed as Publicity Secretary and Amb. Ibrahim Bala-Aboki as the youth leader. 

Meanwhile, the Tanimu Turaki led faction accused the government of normalising absurdity in the country.

A statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the party said, “It is common knowledge that since the beginning of this APC-led administration, things that were previously considered absurd have become normal and are unabating. 

“A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki, drew public attention to the disparity between the version of the Tax Act enacted by the parliament and the gazetted copy. 

“This disparity must be comprehensively investigated and not treated with the customary levity that this administration has shown toward very serious issues of governance. Nigerians are interested in knowing how the insertions and substitutions got into the gazetted copy.  

“The leadership of the House of Representatives must not attempt to sweep it under the carpet, as it has done with the now popular rumour that the country is operating two budgets within a fiscal year. 

“Consequently, we demand that the commencement date of the tax Act be shifted from January 1, 2026, for at least six months to allow sufficient time for the investigation of this anomaly, publication and circulation of the enacted version, and more importantly, the mounting of sufficient enlightenment campaigns on the new Act.”

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