By Thompson Yamput
The Divisional Party Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi has passed a vote of confidence on LGA’s Chairman, Alhaji Hussain Ibrahim.
The committee, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Monday, distanced itself from a purported recent statement alleging that Ibrahim had been suspended over alleged financial mismanagement and anti-party activities.
The statement, signed by nine ward chairmen and secretaries, organising secretaries and ex-officios, described the purported suspension of the party chairman as “baseless, unfounded and misleading”.
The committee’ Spokesman and Ayingba ward Chairman, Alhaji Isa Amidu, said that even the former PDP state party chairman, Chief John Odawn, who was alleged to have signed the statement of the purported suspension of Ibrahim, had debunked the claim.
Amidu said that the Dekina PDP party committee was of the belief that thenfalse suspension statement might had emanated from “unidentified persons within the local government area supported by some diaspora politicians”.
According to him, the Dekina PDP party working committee has unanimously passed a vote of confidence on Hussain, whose tenure is expected to end by 2025.
“The Dekina PDP party working committee hereby vehemently condemn the activities of those behind that illegal activity and falsehood.
“Therefore, for clarity and avoidance of doubt, we, members of the working committee have appended our signatures in solidarity to Alhaji Ibrahim Hussain, as the substantive Dekina PDP party chairman till when his tenure will officially end,” he said.
Adawn, in his own reaction, via a statement he issued said: “That acclaimed statement, that a committee was setup at my instance, and suspended Alhaji Hussain Ibrahim, is not true.
“I didn’t setup any committee or authorise anyone to do so, nor to investigate or do otherwise. I only read that false statement via social media. As it’s no one has brought any such allegations aganst Ibrahim before me.
,”I wish to use this medium to caution all the PDP party faithfuls in Dekina LG to refrain from destabilizing the peaceful coexistence of our party members.
“This is the right time for PDP members in Kogi to stick together as one big political family to re-organise and think reasonably ahead rather than jostling around unfounded statement and bickering.” Odawn said. NAN
