As mass resignation rocks the National Executive Committee
of the Peoples Democratic Party, the media office of the National Chairman of
the opposition party, Uche Secondus, has raised the alarm that a “strong party
chieftain” is bent on hijacking the party structure.
Secondus’ Special Adviser on Media, Ike Abonyi, made this
known in a statement on Wednesday titled, ‘Who is after Secondus and why is
somebody in love of caretaker?’
The allegation against a faceless “strong chieftain” of the
PDP is coming amid the fresh crisis that hit the party as seven members of its
NEC resigned from their offices on Tuesday.
The seven officers who resigned were Deputy National
Publicity Secretary, Diran Odeyemi; Deputy National Legal Adviser, Ahmed Liman;
Deputy Women Leader, Umoru Hadizat; Deputy Auditor, Divine Arong; Deputy
National Organising Secretary, Hassan Yakubu; Deputy Financial Secretary, Irona
Alphonsus and one other whose identity was not known.
In their separate resignation letters, the party officials
cited “bad treatment” by the PDP National Chairman as the reason for their
action.
But reacting in the statement through his media office,
Secondus wondered “why few months to National Convention of the party, somebody
is routing for a Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the party.”
The statement read, “The media office of the National
Chairman is privy to intelligence that the strong party chieftain bent on
hijacking the party structure for destruction is still on the loose with the
main agenda of denting the image of Prince Uche Secondus the National Chairman.
“Reports reaching this office shows clearly that this
character is deploying all devious means to try and diminish the person and
character of the National Chairman with a view to having his way of ultimately
hijacking the structure for his disproportionately large ambition.
“We, therefore, wish to alert the general public
particularly media houses and party stakeholders to look out for strange
deployment of luring gifts from this destructive ‘Father Christmas’ all aimed
at having a grip on the soul of our party by having a caretaker Committee.
“What continues to shock many party observers is the real
reason behind the desperation of this man to get at the National Chairman and
the quantum of public funds being expended to achieve this illicit goal a few
months to the National Convention.
“Few months to National Convention anybody who means well
for this party and who is a true democrat should respect the constitution of
the party and approach issues dispassionately.
“Prince Secondus through the media office however wishes to
assure all critical stakeholders of our great party that every reasonable step
is being taken to ensure that the image and status of the party are not injured
by all these needless noise and scheming by desperadoes.”
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