The struggle for the
leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new twist, as the
North-East chapter is perfecting plans to pull out of the party if it is not given
the opportunity to serve out the chairmanship slot vacated by Alhaji Adamu
Mu’azu.
This is coming at a time
when the former political adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Ali
Gulak, has dragged the Acting National Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus, to court
demanding his removal as the boss of the party. He claimed that Secondus is
violating the constitution of PDP by holding onto the chairmanship instead of
calling a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to appoint a
chairman from the North-East.
Secondus, formerly the
Deputy National Chairman (South), has been overseeing the affairs of PDP since
the resignation of the National Chairman Mu’azu. Former FCT Minister, Bala
Mohammed, has indicated interest to contest for the position. Secondus, however,
wants to hold sway till next March when the party will hold its National
Convention.
As protest to Secondus’
continued occupation of the office of National Chairman, Daily Sun gathered
that the North- East has resolved to pull out of the party if someone from the
zone is not appointed to complete Mu’azu’s term, who is from the zone.
A Board of Trustees (BoT)
member, who doesn’t want to be named, said the North-East is miffed by PDP’s
refusal to abide by the party’s constitution, which zoned the office to
North-East.
He said: “The North-East
zone of PDP may be pulling out of the party any moment from now. The leaders of
the zone have met and have agreed to leave the party.”
Although he did not
disclose where the members will go if they quit the PDP, there are indications
that they may team up with some disgruntled members of the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) to form a new party or join the APC.
The source, however,
said: “We will not talk about our destination yet. We will tell the world where
we are going when the time comes.”
-Sun News
Time will tell,you can't be wrong and get right no matter whatever you may try,right is right,wrong can't be right, be your own judge, PDP should forget impunity and follow the rules now n,leadership by example will help the party to bounce back
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