Anambra PDP In Crisis

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter in Anambra state is currently engulfed in another round of crisis. 

The party kicked off its congresses yesterday amidst protest and rumours that the exercise has been postponed.

Nigerian Pilot reports that most of the party’s leaders and elders were absent at the exercise held at ward levels.

The congress was monitored by a five-man PDP congress committee instituted by the national body of the party. The committee was led by Ike Abonyi. while members include Bolarinwa Oluwaseun, Mahmoud Bichi, Nuah Babatunde and Ugo Uyawunne, who served as secretary.

The stakeholders who boycotted the congress include the three senators from the state, Senators Uche Ekwunife, Stella Oduah and Andy Uba. Others are Chief Chris Uba, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah, Prince Arthur Ezeh, Sir Emeka Offor, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, Senator Joy Emodi and Senator Ben Ndi-Obi.

Comrade Tony Nwoye, PDP governorship aspirant in the state in the last election, told newsmen that 98 percent of PDP supporters in the state were not aware of the exercise.

He said, “we challenge them to show us where they have published the names of those to conduct the congress as stipulated by the PDP guidelines.

“Our members should be set for the next line of action within a few days, if this impunity by some members of the party is not reversed. Our Senators in the party were not aware of what is going on in the state, the acting national chairman of the party, Uche Secondus has been notified of the development.”

Nwoye also lambasted the PDP National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh, for signing an announcement for the congress, adding that it was specifically the duty of the organising secretary of the party to do so.

“There is no congress going on anywhere in the state, Metuh has written names of his stooges because he wants to become national organising secretary of the party in November 2015.”

“We do not want to give ultimatum to the NWC, but the stakeholders will be meeting six hourly waiting for the final decision of the party, before we take our final decision on our next move in the next few days,” Nwoye said.

Meanwhile, the national leadership of the PDP has accused the federal government of  treating its members as prisoners of war.