PDP governors want NEC meeting on March 13, 2025

…Resolve to respect Court of Appeal judgment on position of national scribe

The governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who seem eager to take back their party have demanded for a March 13, 2025 meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC).

The first PDP Governors Forum (PDPGF) meeting in 2025 was held at the Government House in Asaba at the end of which a seven-point resolution was reached.

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was in attendance at the meeting which took place on Friday in Asaba, Delta State.

The Rivers State Governor, who is the Vice Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, attended the meeting, alongside 10 other governors of the party’s controlled states across the six geopolitical zones of the country. The governor was never allowed to attend such meetings until his fight for freedom spilled out on the streets of Port Harcourt.

Reading the communique at the end of the meeting, the Chairman of the Forum, and Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed urged the National Working Committee (NWC) to put every machinery in place to ensure a hitch-free NEC meeting on March 13, 2025.

The communique stated thus: “The Forum, having examined all the notices required by law to be given to validly convoke NEC, advised NWC to reschedule NEC to the 13th of March, 2025.”

The Forum further noted the Court of Appeal judgment affirming Udeh Okoye as the National Secretary of the party, saying that as a party that believes in the rule of law, it would respect the position of the Appellate Court on the matter.

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“The Forum noted with delight the ongoing efforts at resolving the crisis in the National Working Committee (NWC) on the position of the National Secretary, and has reaffirmed its support for the Court of Appeal judgment; consequently, the Forum advised the NWC to set up the machinery for the effective implementation of the court judgment.

“While commending the country’s valiant and patriotic armed forces and security agencies for maintaining the frontline in securing the country and the gains of our gallant personnel against bandits in parts of the country, the Forum viewed with deep concern, the resurgence of brazen non-state actors. It, therefore, calls for the strengthening of the nation’s security architecture.”

Governors in attendance include Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed (Bauchi State); Fubara (Rivers State) – Vice Chairman; Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta State) – the host, Agbu Kefas (Taraba State); Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (Adamawa State); and Dauda Lawal (Zamfara State).

Others were Ademola Adeleke (Osun State); Douye Diri (Bayelsa State); Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom State); Peter Mbah (Enugu State); Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau State); Bayo Lawal (Deputy Governor, Oyo State), who represented Gov Seyi Makinde.