Ahmed Gulak defied the directive from PDP governors asking
him to allow the party’s national secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo to take
over as the national chairman.
Ahmed Gulak alleged that the PDP governors were misadvised
to have asked Prof. Wale Oladipo to take over as the party’s national
chairman.
Ahmed Gulak appealed to PDP members nationwide to remain calm and rally round the new leadership.
READ ALSO: PDP Crisis: Reactions trail Gulak’s move to hijack party
The ongoing leadership tussle rocking the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has intensified as the self-imposed chairman, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak,
fired back at the governors elected on the platform of the party.
The Nation reports that Gulak, who is the former political adviser to
ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, in a statement issued on Thursday,
January 28, defied the directive from PDP governors asking him to allow
the party’s national secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo to take over as the
national chairman.
The PDP governors had initially directed the acting national
chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, to hand over to Oladipo, after Gulak
invaded the party’s secretariat on Wednesday, January 27 and installed
himself as the party’s chairman.
Gulak in reaction to the governors directive, said they were
misadvised to have asked Oladipo to take over as the party’s national
chairman.
“This is not only contrary to the Constitution of the PDP 2012 as
amended, it is in flagrant contempt of the declarative judgment given
by the FCT High Court on the 16th day of December, 2015 which clearly
states “that under section 47 (6) of the 1st defendant’s (PDP)
constitution, upon the resignation of the former National Chairman of
the 1st defendant (PDP) from office, only, the plaintiff (Alhaji Barr.
Ahmed Ali Gulak) or any other eligible members of the 1st defendant
(PDP) from the North-East zone of Nigeria, where the said Chairman of
the 1st defendant (PDP) originated is eligible to be appointed to act in
that office pending elections into that office,” he said.
The former political adviser further explained that the national
secretary is prohibited by the party’s constitution to chair the
National Executive Committee (NEC), the National Working Committee (NWC)
and the caucuses of the PDP.
Gulak insisted that it is only the national chairman that can chair the above mentioned organs of the party.
“It is therefore clear that from the statement of the Chairman,
PDP Governor’s Forum that the office of the National Chairman was
vacant. And this has been cured by the pronouncement of the FCT High
Court, Abuja.
READ ALSO: PDP governors attack gulak over plot take over party
“The National Chairman uses this opportunity to appeal to our
teeming members nationwide to remain calm and rally round this new
leadership so that peace may reign in our party and together we will
reposition our party on the path of glory.
“The National Chairman of PDP has profound respect for the Chairman of the PDP Governor’s Forum and all its members,” Gulak said.
Recall that the internal feud rocking the PDP stared after Ahmed Ali Gulak, the former political adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan assumed the chairmanship of the party
with effect from Wednesday, December 30. The spokesman of Gulak, Ochuba
Emmanuel, said the ex-political adviser had even cancelled the congress
being planned by the sacked acting chairman, Uche Secondus.
The former political adviser few weeks ago, urged the PDP board of trustees to elect a new national chairman,
since Uche Secondus has been asked by the court to vacate the office.
He made the call after he observed that the party has no properly
constituted organ and no national chairman or acting chairman.
Gulak, who seems to be deliberately stepping on toes had earlier stated that former president Goodluck Jonathan, cannot escape culpability in the ongoing investigation on how $2.1 billion arms deal fund was spent.
Thursday 28 January 2016
BOKO HARAM
Boko Haram is a terrorist organization with its roots in northeastern Nigeria, linked to insurgency stemming from north Cameroon and Niger Republic.
"Boko Haram" is a Hausa name which translates roughly as "Western education is forbidden," while the real Arabic name translates as "The Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad".
The sect was founded in 2002 by the late Mohammed Yusuf who was captured and executed by Nigerian security forces in 2009. Until the government clamped down on the sect’s activities in 2009, the operations conducted by the sect were more or less peaceful. Since Abubakar Shekau, a former deputy to Yusuf’s era, violent attacks have escalated in terms of both frequency and intensity.
The sect seeks to establish a "pure" Islamic state ruled by sharia, putting a stop to what it deems Westernization. It proposes that interaction with the Western world is forbidden, and also supports opposition to the Muslim establishment and the government of Nigeria.
The group is known for attacking Christians, Muslim clerics and government targets, as well as for bombing churches, mosques, schools and police stations. The group is also notorious for kidnappings.
Violence linked to the Boko Haram insurgency has resulted in an estimated 10,000 deaths between 2002 and 2013.
On November 13, 2013 the United States government designated the group a terrorist organization. On 22 May 2014, the United Nations Security Council added Boko Haram to its list of designated al-Qaeda entities, bringing "funding, travel and weapons sanctions" against the terrorist group.
On 22 May 2014 Boko Haram was officially declared a terrorist group affiliated to Al-Qaeda and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb by the United Nations Security Council. International sanctions including asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo were imposed against the Islamist extremist group.
It was reported in August 2013 that Shekau had been shot and deposed by members of his sect, but he survived.
He has taken responsibility for the April 2014 kidnapping of over 200 school girls. On 6 May 2014, eight more girls were kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen.
Funding sources for Boko Haram are not certain, but is believed to be partially funded by bank robberies and by other Islamist groups.
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