Senator Iyorchia Ayu has been elected as the new National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to head the party’s newly elected members of its National Working Committee (NWC).
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Senator Ayu became the National Chairman of the PDP at the party’s national convention, which began on Saturday October 30 and lasted till Sunday October 31 at the Eagle Square in Abuja.
Ayu, the newly elected National chairman of the PDP has said the party is ready to take back power from the ruling All Progressives congress (APC).
The PDP chairman promised to unite Nigeria and move the country ahead.
“The PDP is back. We are determined. The other one is a contraption. PDP did it before, we will do it again. This is a quit notice to the other party. We are taking back the country. We will develop the country.
“In two weeks time, you will see the power that will come back in PDP in every state. A small group of people decided to divide Nigeria. We will unite the country and move ahead to develop this country,” Ayu said.
TNG reports Ayu emerged national chairman of the PDP as a consensus candidate to replace Prince Uche Secondus, who was suspended from the party.
Ayu is taking over the leadership of the main opposition party alongside 20 others elected into various positions within the PDP NWC.
See full list of the 21 new members of PDP NWC below:
- National Chairman – Iyorchia Ayu
- Deputy National Chairman (North) – Umar Damagum (Contested)
- Deputy National Chairman (South) – Taofeek Arapaja (Contested)
- National Secretary – Samuel Anyanwu (Unopposed)
- National Treasurer – Ahmed Mohammed (Unopposed)
- National Organising Secretary – Umar Bature (Unopposed)
- National Financial Secretary – Daniel Woyegikuro (Unopposed)
- National Women’s Leader – Professor Stella Effah-Attoe (Unopposed)
- National Youth Leader – Muhammed Suleiman (Contested)
- National Legal Adviser – Kamaldeen Ajibade (Unopposed)
- National Publicity Secretary – Debo Ologunagba (Unopposed)
- National Auditor – Okechuckwu Daniel (Unopposed)
- Deputy National Secretary – Setoji Kosheodo (Unopposed)
- Deputy National Treasurer – Ndubisi David (Unopposed)
- Deputy National Publicity Secretary – Ibrahim Abdullahi (Unopposed)
- Deputy National Organising Secretary – Ighoyota Amori (Unopposed)
- Deputy National Financial Secretary – Adamu Kamale (Unopposed)
- Deputy National Women’s Leader – Hajara Wanka (Unopposed)
- Deputy National Youth Leader – Timothy Osadolor (Unopposed)
- Deputy National Legal Adviser – Okechukwu Osuoha (Unopposed)
- Deputy National Auditor – Abdulrahman Mohammed (Unopposed)