The management disaster rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a contemporary twist yesterday because the South East leaders of the celebration distanced themselves from a gathering between the PDP Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) and South East stakeholders scheduled for immediately.
The assembly, it was learnt, is in regards to the contentions surrounding the nationwide secretary place of the celebration which is being contested between Senator Samuel Anyanwu and the Sunday Ude-Okoye.
The assembly can be meant to debate the holding of the congresses within the South East zone, a memo dated January 24 and purportedly signed by Anyanwu circulating on social media, acknowledged.
Nonetheless, the South East leaders, yesterday, declared that they’ve mentioned and unanimously agreed on all issues associated to the deliberate South East Zonal Congress, the PDP nationwide vice chairman, South East, Excessive Chief Ali Odefa, stated in a press release.
In the meantime, the nationwide publicity secretary of PDP, Hon Debo Ologunagba stated he isn’t conscious of any assembly between the NWC and the South East caucus, describing it as a hearsay.
Recall that the South East PDP management met final Friday and restated its help for Udeh-Okoye because the nationwide secretary of the celebration.
At a gathering in Enugu, the PDP leaders collectively permitted the zoning of nationwide and zonal workplaces allotted to the South-east Zone.
The extreme contest about who’s the genuine nationwide secretary of the PDP, between Anyanwu and Ude-Okoye, has widened the break up throughout the celebration’s NWC.
The matter is at present being argued at numerous courts, together with Nigeria’s Supreme Court docket.
Reacting to the deliberate assembly, Ali Odefa stated, “My consideration has been drawn to a purported invitation of crucial South East Stakeholders of the PDP to a gathering with the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) of our nice Party the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
“Because the Nationwide Vice Chairman (South East) and member of the NWC representing the South East, I hereby authoritatively state that no such assembly is scheduled between the South East Stakeholders and the NWC.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the PDP South East has on the Zonal Committee (ZEC) assembly attended by all South East crucial stakeholders in Enugu, Enugu State on Friday, January 25, 2025, mentioned and unanimously agreed on all issues associated to the deliberate South East Zonal Congress.
“All PDP South East Crucial Stakeholder, workers of the Nationwide Secretariat of the PDP and the media ought to due to this fact disregard the purported invitation to a gathering of the South East Stakeholders with the NWC as no such assembly was scheduled,” Odefa stated.
When requested in regards to the assembly, PDP Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated “Nicely, I’m not conscious, and there’s no info, and I’m not conscious of any assembly by the NWC with the stakeholders of the celebration within the Southeast Zone of our celebration.
“I’m conscious that final Friday, the Zone held a really profitable assembly the place all crucial stakeholders had been current, led by the governor of Enugu, Mr. Mba. They usually held a profitable assembly which was all around the world within the public area.
“So, the NWC, and if the NWC goes to carry a gathering with any organ of the celebration or any zone of the celebration, or any unit of the celebration, I, because the Nationwide Public Secretary, might be conscious.
“For tomorrow’s rumored assembly, I’m not conscious of any. There’s no scheduling of any. And to that extent, I’ll take that as a rumor.
“The NWC didn’t approve and didn’t schedule. There might be a day by day assembly with the Southeast Zone tomorrow, as you’ve gotten indicated, as a result of I’m not conscious of any. The NWC didn’t approve and didn’t schedule any assembly,” Ologunagba stated.
