BREAKING: Senator Aduda emerges Kogi PDP caretaker committee chairman

The immediate past Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Philip Aduda, will head the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee in Kogi State.

According to a release signed by PDP national organising secretary, Honourable Umar Bature, the 14-man committee was approved after extensive consultations with the Kogi State Stakeholders by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

Bature said the committee “will run the affairs of our party in the state following the expiration of the tenure of the then-elected State Working Committee.”

While Senator Aduda will serve as the chairman, Hon George Daika will serve as the Secretary. Other members are Hon Joshua Adejoh, Hon Sunday Shigaba, Paul Ukwenya, Hon Gbenga Olorunnipa, Hon MO Sule, Chief Dayo Akande and Hon Siyaka Uchunaye. Audu Idris and Hon Sheidu O Abara, Bilkisu Onusagba, Abiola Olajubu and Grace Atawodi are also members.

The Committee is about to be inaugurated at the National Executive Committee (NEC) Hall of the Wadata Plaza Headquarters, Abuja.

Details later…

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