Muazu resigns, Secondus takes over as PDP chairman

After so much pressure from PDP chieftains asking him to step down,embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, on Wednesday resigned from his position.

In a letter he wrote to the Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, Muazu, noted that due to the abysmal performance of the party in the 2015 general elections, it became imperative for him to leave and for peace to reign in the PDP.

 

In the letter, he asked Secondus to step in as acting National Chairman in line with the party’s constitution.

As at the time of this report, the leadership of the party is holding a National Working Committee, NWC meeting on the former chairman’s resignation.