Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike-backed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reversed the position of the party’s immediate past National Chairman, Umar Damagum to Deputy National Chairman, North.
The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports this was part of the resolutions at the party’s 2026 National Convention on Sunday in Abuja.
NAN also reports that the motion for the reversal of Damagum’s position was moved by a former House of Representatives member, Tajudeen Yusuf (Kogi), and seconded by a party stalwart, Bello Bichi.
Yusuf, while moving the motion, recalled that Damagum was appointed as substantive national chairman of the party by the resolution of PDP’s 102nd NEC meeting held in 2025.
NAN reports that another resolution of the convention was the ratification of the recent party’s congresses at the ward, local government, and state levels.
The affected states included: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kwara, Kogi, Ogun, Osun Nasarawa, Niger, and Rivers, and the FCT.
The convention also ratified the party’s zonal congresses in the North East, South South, and North Central.
The motion, moved by the representative of Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan, and seconded by Zainab Baku, was unanimously endorsed by the delegates.
Another resolution of the convention was the dissolution of the Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed-led National Caretaker Working Committee (NWC) to allow for the election of the party’s new executives.
