A former President of the Nigerian Senate, Adolphus Wabara, has been named the acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Senator Wabara was appointed at the Board’s meeting in Abuja on Thursday. His appointment was a sequel to the exit of the former BoT chairman, Walid Jibrin, who resigned his position.
Announcing his resignation, Mr. Jibrin said his decision was to ensure victory for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and to promote unity in the party.
The party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, also announced Mr Jibrin’s resignation at the start of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting – which began shortly after the BoT meeting.
“The chairman of the BoT stepped down today. He has served us meritoriously…We thank him for years of services,” he said.
At the NEC meeting, Mr Wabara was announced as the acting chairman of the BoT.
Before his new position, the former senate president was the secretary of the PDP BoT. He would also be appointed to the presidential campaign council of the PDP.
The appointment comes on the heels of clamour for the party’s leadership structure to be reshuffled to balance the existing lopsidedness in favour of the north.
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