Former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, on Wednesday pronounced himself the substantive chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Gulak made the pronouncement inside the National Working Committee Hall at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
He spoke in company with his loyalists, which included former Special Assistant to ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe and a former Commissioner in Bayelsa State, Chief Ayakeme Whisky.
Gulak said he decided to take over the leadership of the party following the court order of December 16, 2015, which asked the party to name someone from the North-East to replace the former chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.
Gulak told the cheering crowd, which included workers at the secretariat, that the NWC must work with him in order to move the party forward.
Reacting to the development, the PDP National Legal Adviser, Mr Victor Kwon, condemned the action of Gulak.
Kwon said that what the court order was for the party to appoint someone from the North East to complete Alhaji Mu’azu’s tenure and not specifically Gulak.
He added that the party was not aware of any ruling by the court on its application for a stay of execution of the earlier judgment.
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