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Ex-National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has raised the alarm that the Acting National Chairman of the Party, Ambassador Umar Ilyasu Damagum, will extinguished life out of the PDP unless the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for November 28 elect a substantive National Chairman from the North Central as directed by Section 47 (6) of the party's Constitution (2017 Amendment).

Ologbondiyan, who stated this while interfacing with the G12-Renaissance Group of the PDP in Abuja, on Sunday, said the consistent losses of the party in the off-season elections reflected the dismal performance of Damagum.

Expressing concern at the party's loss in Saturday’s Ondo State Governorship election, Ologbondiyan insisted that if a substantive National Chairman is not restored for the party, successive off-season elections in Anambra, Ekiti and Osun may suffer the fate of Kogi, Imo and Ondo States.

"It is reprehensible that the Acting National Chairman is supervising the dishevelling of the party," he added.

"Amb. Damagun has the least of interest in working for the suçcess of the party in any election," he further noted.

Recalling the allegation against Damagum in the public space in which he was alleged to have met with President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in London, Ologbondiyan challenged the embattled Acting National Chairman to speak up.

"How can the head of the leading opposition party be accused of nicodemusly meeting with the President of the ruling government, and he would have no response to provide?"

Ologbondiyan urged the party leaders to rescue the PDP from the stranglehold of Amb. Damagum and his backers, if the party must be revitalised to perform optimally as opposition political party.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/ondo-election-damagum-will-extinguish-pdp-unless-ologbondiyan/

Pdp has been heavily destroyed. Ekiti and Osun is next

The NEC must shun foolishness and save our party.
That’s only hope of the Nigerian people…



Bala Mohammed must act quickly. Makinde is a Tinubu eye in our party.

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Kola ologbondiyan your LGA chairman is APC your state governor is APC so keep quiet, Damagun remain PDP chairman till after 2027 election, if you are not comfortable with it relocate to GAZA immediately

Damagun was planted as a mole to destroy PDP by Wike and Amoda Ogunlere.
Well, PDP deserves what they are getting now since they betrayed Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

This is sole aim of Wicked appointing him to chairmanship of PDP.

PDP is in road to perdition

You put a Chairman controlled by someone who is an Asset to APC and you think he can give his all..be deceiving yourself. May be the Primate is right , you need Spiritual cleanse, because you can't tell me John Wike is the only Biggest Baller in the party , that has the Financial and Political weight.

PdP is dead and buried.
There are no oppositions again.

PDP is allowing Damagun and Wike to openly play anti party politics without punishing them

Ok

Is no more about the ppl but party.

Naija wan become a one party country

Even if you are a member of apc, logically u should know this is not good for your country and future generation

We must learn to see beyond party and face reality

But what do I know...pdp is just a little better than apc

All of them are one. But we don't need one party state. Not healthy at all

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Largely, PDP has not gone into off-cycle elections prepared.

In Edo, APC governors rallied round their party and were in Edo State. Recall that in 2020, Wike led PDP governors and they stayed with Obaseki until he was declared. The only PDP governors who joined Obaseki in 2024 ended up messing up by declaring results. Also, while APC have vibrant situation rooms, we hardly see that of PDP.

How many PDP governors campaigned for PDP in Ondo State? Where was Atiku? Sheetima was in Ondo State to campaign for APC.

In PDP, it is a case of every man for himself and goodluck to us all. Many of the governors seem to want to protect their heads, either because they are beholden to someone or they are too weak to take control of their party. For example, they talked about removing Damagum. Suddenly, some governors opposed it. The matter died.

With now weak PDP is now, Atiku may not even get the ticket. If he does, the party would be so factionalized for him to even make a poor showing.

Damagum is not the problem of PDP. PDP governors are too powerless to take control of their party.

With Agboola Judas Ajayi Iscariot as Governorship Candidate PDP was sure to lose the election. There were better and more CREDIBLE candidates in Ondo PDP who stood a great chance to give it to the incumbent.

PDP is the worst opposition party I have ever seen. Firstly, they need to resolve their internal conflict before coming out to contest in an election. A disintegrated house can't without an united house. However, it is only a matter of time, APC will soon scatter too.

It's well! Some people are bankrolling Damagum and Anyway to finally destroy PDP for their selfish interests. The 2024 Lancruiser Prado driving by Damagum,who bought it for him. They connives with APC to turn Nigeria to one party State

kingbee90:

Damagun was planted as a mole to destroy PDP by Wike and Amoda Ogunlere.
Well, PDP deserves what they are getting now since they betrayed Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

So who do you want to plant?

Frigga13:
The NEC must shun foolishness and save our party.
That’s only hope of the Nigerian people…



Bala Mohammed must act quickly. Makinde is a Tinubu eye in our party.

You sound reasonable until you mentioned that Makinde is Tinubu's eye in your party, when you don't mention people like Wike. I suspect that Makinde has took your girlfriend from you in the past.

Damegun would be the next scapegoat in the long list of scapegoats of the opposition party.

PDP, party of confusion

At this rate, I doubt if anyone can save PDP.

Well, the Ondo situation was such that it would have been difficult for any other party to win there owing to the fact that there's a zoning arrangement there, the Governor who fulfilled the first condition has only one term to use,,,so due to that 2nd condition and being Nigerians that we are, even opposition figures from other zones might not give their 100% suppprt to their own candidate.

BUT, the obvious concern from all those state elections lost by PDP is their inability to truly rally round their candidate regardless of the odds not favouring such person. APC does that quite well in virtually all elections even before this present administration came to power, the current President is known quite well to show full support to candidates even if his preferred person doesn't get the ticket, that's how you build love and suppprt for your own ambition.
You can't be sitting idly or paying lip service to my own little ambition, even if I won, and expect me to support you when it's your turn going for a bigger ambition.
PDP should learn from the sitting President since when he wasn't even the President and they should learn from PO too.
Look at LP, regardless of the odds against them in all guber polls conducted thus far, PO do show support to their candidates. Do you think those LP candidates who lost won't give him their maximum support too when he needs it?

PDP is finished

kingbee90:

Damagun was planted as a mole to destroy PDP by Wike and Amoda Ogunlere.
Well, PDP deserves what they are getting now since they betrayed Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

Really? Please tell me how did PDP betrayed Jonathan? Nigerians rejected Jonathan because he performed woefully and disappointed many citizens, Jonathan remain the worst president Nigeria ever produce after Gen. Abacha

emkz:
Largely, PDP has not gone into off-cycle elections prepared.

In Edo, APC governors rallied round their party and were in Edo State. Recall that in 2020, Wike led PDP governors and they stayed with Obaseki until he was declared. The only PDP governors who joined Obaseki in 2024 ended up messing up by declaring results. Also, while APC have vibrant situation rooms, we hardly see that of PDP.

How many PDP governors campaigned for PDP in Ondo State? Where was Atiku? Sheetima was in Ondo State to campaign for APC.

In PDP, it is a case of every man for himself and goodluck to us all. Many of the governors seem to want to protect their heads, either because they are beholden to someone or they are too weak to take control of their party. For example, they talked about removing Damagum. Suddenly, some governors opposed it. The matter died.

With now weak PDP is now, Atiku may not even get the ticket. If he does, the party would be so factionalized for him to even make a poor showing.

Damagum is not the problem of PDP. PDP governors are too powerless to take control of their party.

Some people don't know this. Despite all indicator pointing to APC victory in Ondo state, at least 9 APC governors was still in on Ondo state on the eve of the election to show support for their colleague.
How many PDP came to Ondo state?

But as for the NWC, I can't blame the governor much. If the governor forcefully eject Damagun from his position, it's obvious he will legally fight them. The party will be divided into two because PDP governors were divided on whether Damagun should go or leave. Also, the NWC members were divided. If the governors forcefully removed Damagun, it'll cause serious litigation problem because they'll be two factions. And very soon, they'll be primary election in Osun state. What will happen is the two factions will present two candidates and the court will now be saddles with the responsibility of determining the Right candidate for PDP.
That was why Adeleke urge them to settle the issue the last time it was raised.

Tinubus will not allow any credible opposition to his rule until after 2031. This is how he manage to control Lagos by weakening all opposition against him and his party.

Slurity:
Really? Please tell me how did PDP betrayed Jonathan? Nigerians rejected Jonathan because he performed woefully and disappointed many citizens, Jonathan remain the worst president Nigeria ever produce after Gen. Abacha

And now Buhari and Tinubus your darling Daddy and Grandfather have turn Nigeria to heaven abi

Off cycle elections in Edo was Obaseki against inec, his own party and federal power. He stood no chance.
Ondo was no contest because the opposition had no financial resources to match the incumbent. Governorship Aspirants usually rely on oil rich states or federal government funds for support. Poverty in the land has reduced election to a 10, 20k fund raiser for most families to survive a few days or weeks before worrying about the next meal.
(Wike was the biggest financier of most of the previous elections, that door is closed permanently now).
Ekiti will be a walk over because same situation as Ondo applies.
Osun won't be easy, most likely go the way of central party also, unless Adeleke can rally all the aggrieved APC members around himself.

Damagum is doing a great job.

This is part of the problem with Atiku. He is not ready to roll up his sleeves and work hard to build, that is why he was jumping from party to party. There was a time Tinubu party was not as strong as it is now. Tinubu worked hard to build his party and aligned with others to form a national party and worked hard for all contestant when he is not even on the ballot. In the case of Atiku, if he is not in the ballot he is not doing what it takes to build the party to win.
There was a time after he lost election that he left for Dubai and one can say he abandon the party. It was Wike and others that bankrolled and rebuild PDP before Atiku returned to contest again. We are witnessing the same situation all over again.

Desyno:

Some people don't know this. Despite all indicator pointing to APC victory in Ondo state, at least 9 APC governors was still in on Ondo state on the eve of the election to show support for their colleague.
How many PDP came to Ondo state?

But as for the NWC, I can't blame the governor much. If the governor forcefully eject Damagun from his position, it's obvious he will legally fight them. The party will be divided into two because PDP governors were divided on whether Damagun should go or leave. Also, the NWC members were divided. If the governors forcefully removed Damagun, it'll cause serious litigation problem because they'll be two factions. And very soon, they'll be primary election in Osun state. What will happen is the two factions will present two candidates and the court will now be saddles with the responsibility of determining the Right candidate for PDP.
That was why Adeleke urge them to settle the issue the last time it was raised.

Remember the APC governors recommended the removal of Adams Oshiomole after the 2020 elections when he was becoming overbearing, especially over the Obaseki saga. Former President Buhari acted with maturity, asked Oshiomole to leave and handed the leadership of the party to the governors. Part of the plans was that Oshiomole's was Tinubu's henchman and was seen as a threat.

The PDP governors have abdicated their responsibilities in holding the party. They may probably have their ambitions too.

In any case, the PDP needs a leader. Wike is clearly not that person. Atiku is certainly not that person as he has proved he lacks conflict resolution and organizational skills. I think a stable hand would be Bukola Saraki. So far he seems uninterested and unconcerned.

There is an even bigger issue I suspect. The way PDP was crippled in Lagos State seems to be playing out at the national level. The PDP must wake up and build their party. They can't win any election like this.

Much as I detest the PDP, we need a vibrant and sensible opposition.