2023: Jonathan’s name missing, as Atiku names Udom DG of Campaign Council
*Ike Ekwerenmadu, Dokpesi, Makinde makes long list of members
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released a list of members of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCO) with name of last party man to be President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, curiously missing on the list.
However, performing Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, was named the Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign, which has Governors Bala Mohammed and Seyi Makinde of Bauchi and Oyo states as Vice Chairmen, North and South, respectively.
This committee has four directorates headed by Deputy Directors General. They are: Sen. Liyel Imoke (Operations), Prof. Adewale Oladipo (Admin), Raymond Dokpesi (Technical and Systems) and Okwesileze Nwodo (Research and Strategy).
Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, whose name appeared as number 13 on the list, was named along with most of his associates as a member.
The list consists of the names of former Vice President Namadi Sambo, serving as well as former State Governors of the party, former Ministers, all former Senate Presidents of the party who are still members of the PDP, members of the Board of Trustees among otters.
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekwerenmadu, who is currently in detention in United Kingdom, also made the list. Former National Chairmen of the party, Vincent Ogbulafor and Ahmadu Ali were also named as members.
Others whose name made the list included: former Army Chiefs, Generals Ishaya Bamaiyi, Martin Luther Agwai and Keneth Minima.
We gathered that former President GoodLuck Jonathan was not sighted on the long list because of what was more likely to connect with the fact that he has avoided most of the party’s events since leaving office in 2015.
The DEFENDER reports that the former President has worked and has been more visible with President Muhammadu Buhari joining hands with him for national and sub-regional work of ensuring peace, particularly in his capacity as Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the Republic of Mali.