Wabara Appointed Chairman Of PDP BoT, As Walid Jibrin Resigns

Former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, has been named the new chairman of the board of trustees of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).
The announcement was made at a meeting of the PDP BoT which was held on Thursday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
Wabara takes over from Walid Jibrin, who had earlier stepped down as the BoT chairman.
Announcing his resignation, Jibrin said his decision was in the interest of unity in the party.
Meanwhile PDP NEC has passed a vote of confidence in Ayu and in the national working committee (NWC) of the party.
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, moved the motion at the NEC meeting on Thursday.
The motion, which was seconded by Ishola Balogun-Fulani, a party member from Kwara state, was put to a voice vote by Adolphus Wabara, the acting chairman of the party’s board of trustees (BoT).
Recently, there have been protests about the regional lopsidedness in the major opposition party.
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the party, is from Adamawa (north-east); Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the party, is from Benue (north-central); and Jibrin hails from Nasarawa (north-central).
Members of the party, especially those in the camp of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, have demanded the resignation of Ayu.