Crisis Rocks Plateau PDP, Campaign Council Dissolved
The Plateau State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its Chairman, Hon. Damishi Sango, and his Deputy, Amos Goyol, over allegation of financial misconduct.
The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, John Akans disclosed this in a statement dated April 24, 2019.
Part
of the statement reads: “We the members of the State Executive of the Peoples
Democratic Party, Plateau State Chapter in a meeting held on the 24th day of
April 2019 at the State Party Office due to imminent issues arising from
elections & party affairs; a vote of no confidence is passed against the
Party Chairman, Hon. Dimishi Sango and his Deputy Hon. Amos Goyol.
“In the bid to save the party the following resolutions have been reached: That
the Party Chairman Hon. Dimishi Sango and his Deputy Hon. Amos Goyol are hereby
suspended and stand suspended based on the following reasons: That the
resources sent to the State for the presidential elections were not accounted
for by the Chairman aided by the Deputy Chairman concealed the amount sent by
the Presidential Campaign Committee and created a fraudulent unseen template
used as ‘a sharing formula’ unknown to the State Party Structure and up till
date no disclosure has been made by the Chairman and/or the Deputy Chairman.
“The monies raised and saved by the party to help Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs) to help relieve their pains were also not accounted for up till this
moment. NO Mention has been made of the stated funds. It is worthy to note that
the Deputy Chairman is the Chairman Committee on IDPs for the party. The money
meant for PDP Plateau State Retreat was equally not accounted for by the
Chairman and/or the Deputy Chairman.
“The arbitrary substitution of the legitimate candidate who won his primaries
for Wase Federal House of Representatives by the Chairman and this Deputy
without recourse to the EXCO or SEC due to some financial inducement to the
Chairman and the Deputy Chairman cost PDP to lose the election in Wase Federal
House of Representatives.
“Due to the highhandedness of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the party has
caused the party to plunge into confusion. High disregard to Elders, Critical
Stakeholders and Members of the SEC as their advices and decisions are no
longer relevant to the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman. The State Campaign
Council is hereby dissolved with immediate effect. All party properties in
whatsoever description in their possession should be returned to the State
Party Secretariat within 48 hours
“That having suspended the State Chairman and his Deputy Chairman, recourse is
made to the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party, the State Vice
Chairman Northern Senatorial Zone, Hon. Chris Hassan shall take over the
leadership of the party as Acting State Chairman.”