The disaster throughout the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) within the South-South area continues because the celebration’s zonal secretary, Chief Felix Omemu, has declared a scheduled assembly in Benin, Edo State, on Saturday, February 15, as unlawful.
This comes because the nationwide management of the celebration declared that the 10-member caretaker committee led by Dr. Tony Aziegbemi as chairman and Hon Henry Duke Tenebe as secretary, continues to be answerable for the Edo State chapter of PDP.
The nationwide publicity secretary of PDP, Hon Debo Ologungba mentioned this yesterday. He mentioned the declaration was towards the backdrop of actions of sure people parading themselves because the celebration executives in Edo State.
Though he didn’t title the individuals he mentioned they’ve been “illegally arrogating places of work to themselves, issuing unauthorised directives, making an attempt to convene conferences and fascinating in different actions which can be inimical to the soundness of our Party in Edo State.”
In the meantime, in a press release issued in Yenagoa, Omemu careworn that the assembly, convened by Chief Dan Orbih, was not authorised, stressing that the PDP Structure requires approval from the Zonal Working Committee (ZWC) earlier than calling for a Zonal Govt Committee (ZEC) assembly, and no such approval was given.
Citing Part 26 (2c) of the celebration’s structure, Omemu emphasised that the ZWC had not met to agree on any studies for the deliberate assembly, including that he was unaware of any determination allowing such a gathering and distanced himself from it.
‘’In keeping with Part 26, (2c) of our celebration’s Structure as amended in 2017, there was no such a time that the Zonal Working Committee assembly being a precursor to the Zonal Govt Committee agreed on any studies to be mentioned on the Saturday’s scheduled assembly.
‘’Because the Zonal Secretary of the celebration, I’m subsequently, not conscious of such a gathering that purportedly resolved that ZWC may go forward to convene the best assembly of the celebration leaders within the Zone and so, I want to distance myself from such an unlawful ZEC assembly and gathering being known as by Chief Dan Orbih’’, he mentioned.
He urged PDP leaders within the South-South to avoid the assembly, warning that the assembly has been convened to additional hurt the curiosity of the celebration.
The Zonal Scribe additionally known as on key celebration stakeholders together with governors, former governors, Nationwide Meeting members, state lawmakers, and celebration executives, to intervene and forestall the unauthorised assembly.
‘’I additionally want to name on my colleagues within the zone to boycott Saturday’s assembly whose agenda stays suspicious and should unlikely serve the overall curiosity of the celebration as it’s clear that almost all of the leaders of the celebration within the zone weren’t duly consulted earlier than calling for the assembly.
‘’By this assertion, I’m inserting on alert the important thing PDP leaders within the South-South zone together with our state governors, former governors on the platform of the PDP, members of the Nationwide Meeting from the zone, Principal Officers of the State Homes of Meeting from the zone, members of the Nationwide Working Committee from the zone and in addition State Chairmen of our celebration from the zone.
‘’I urge the leaders of the celebration within the zone to name Chief Orbih to order a transfer to keep away from any untoward penalties of permitting an unlawful assembly to be held within the zone”, he mentioned.
