The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, dissolved the executive committee (EXCO) and replaced it with a caretaker committee.
The dissolution came in the wake of the expiration of the four years of the exco headed by Chief Johnson Onuigbo from Abia Central Senatorial District.
Acting Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Love Ezema, who confirmed the dissolution to newsmen, in Umuahia, said that the caretaker committee comprised members of the dissolved EXCO with Onuigbo as the chairman.
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Pdp National Vice Chairman, South East, Chief Austin Umahi, who inaugurated the caretaker chairman, said that the committee had three months to operate, pending the emergence of a substantive executive.
Umahi charged the members to work hard and ensure that the party would continue to retain Abia State.
The PDP congress for the emergence of a new state EXCO was stalled by COVID-19 after the ward and local government congresses had been successfully conducted.
The PDP caucus in its recent meeting in Umuahia, zoned the chairmanship of the party to Abia South Senatorial District.