Staff of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate members of it’s own Party.

Party representatives said the Party, which is being led by its Acting National Chairman Prince Uche Secondus, amounts to little more than a house of corruption.

Party representatives made these statements during a press briefing at the National Party Headquarters in Abuja on Friday.

Detailing many crimes committed by members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Party, the workers said the NWC members collected N750m in bribes from Ndudi Elumelu with the intention of handing him Delta State governorship ticket.

They also said that the NWC have also asked the Governor of Kogi State, Wada Idris, to pay out N1bn to be included on the gubernatorial ticket for the State.

This statements are in addition to allegations that Mr. Secondus and his team wasted more than N12bn in the past nine months.


See text of press briefing:


Why NWC Must Go

Press Briefing by Staff of the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the state of the Party, July 31, 2015, Wadata Plaza, Abuja


Gentlemen of the Press,

We the Staff of the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have invited you here today to intimate you and through you the entire world on the grave state of affairs and the illicit manner in which the party is currently being administered.

It is no longer news that the Political Fortunes of the PDP have continued to dwindle since the coming on board of the present National Working Committee in March 2012. The Party under the current leadership of Prince Uche Secondus as Acting National Chairman and Professor Wale Oladipo as National Secretary has been systematically and deliberately dismembered and is being led to the morgue in preparation for its final burial.

Never in the glorious history of our great party has its fortunes been so hopelessly mismanaged by an inept and dishonest group whose sworn mission is to permanently destroy and liquidate the lofty organization that midwifed the current democratic dispensation.

The current National Working Committee is only hanging on because of the obscene and bizarre bazaar which they have subjected the purse of the party to.

Millions of PDP members are in great pains with the current reality of how the Party which in the recent past paraded the most decent and Nationalistic Nigerians is now being run aground by a patently incompetent and self centered sets of NWC members.

We wonder if this is the same PDP that was once led by the great Dr. Alex Ekwueme, and Chief Solomon Lar. Is it the same PDP that was led by Chief Barnabas Gemade? Is it the same Party that was once led by Audu Ogbeh and Amadu Ali? Is the party still as formidable as when it was led by Prince Vincent Eze Ogbulafor and the erudite Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo? Is it the same Party that was victoriously managed by Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed?

In the last few days, the staff of the Secretariat were confronted by an ill digested and childish circular written by Prof. Wale Oladipo which summarily terminated their appointments.

If anybody deserves his or her appointment terminated, it is this group of fortune hunters who ruined the electoral fortunes of the party through unprecedented greed marked by extortion, graft and strange avarice.

It is curious to observe that a party which once prided itself as the biggest party in Africa could be so liquidated by such executive recklessness of its NWC members so much so that N12,000,000,000 (Twelve Billion Naira) was squandered in 9 months.

Party members will need to know why delegates were compelled to pay the sum of N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira) each into a private account of a company called MORUFI NIG. LTD. We are aware that over N1,000,000,000 (One Billion Naira) was realized from this fraudulent exercise.

Why did the NWC compel Party members to pay sums into a company account rather than the usual party account in the same Zenith Bank?

As part of their agenda to ridicule and crumble the party, legitimate bills owed to media houses, contractors and even cleaners have not been paid till date. Most Party members who conducted congresses and primaries that generated these huge sums have also not been paid.

Will over twelve million members of PDP believe that even as we address this press conference, the NWC are still using party finances to fund frivolous personal expenses such as weddings, naming ceremonies, funerals etc to the tunes of hundreds of millions naira.

Because of these ceaseless acts of recklessness and palpable fear for their fate, they have refused to summon a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) since the Party lost in the last elections. Shouldn't any organization with a responsible leadership call for a NEC meeting for an appraisal of what transpired months after we lost elections?

Several factors have been adduced as the reasons why the party performed so poorly in the last general elections. We make bold to say that responsibility for the abysmal outing of the party should be located directly at the doorstep of the NWC members due to the following reasons:-


i. Criminal imposition of unpopular candidates;

ii. Mind boggling extortion of aspirants. An example here is the yet to be resolved allegation by Ndudi Godwin Elumelu who paid whopping N750,000,000 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Naira) to the NWC to obtain the gubernatorial ticket of the party in Delta State. There are many other victims.

iii. Appointment of incompetent cronies who were specifically detailed to return unpopular candidates as officers in congresses and primaries. The same scenario is being play out in Kogi while Baylsa is in the wings.

In Kogi, it is widely alleged that the incumbent Governor was requested to cough out the sum of N1,000,000,000 (One Billion Naira) to the same NWC to retain his ticket.

iv. Non remittance of campaign funds to state chapters

v. Results submitted by Congress Committees were blatantly changed;

vi. Wholesome embezzlement of proceeds of sales of nomination forms;


How on earth will any political party undergo this level of tortuous mismanagement and expect to win elections?

These among others are some of the questions the staff of the PDP National Secretariat are asking for which their heads are being demanded by the NWC.

In view of the incontrovertible fact that the current National Working Committee has lost relevance and direction and has proven grossly incompetent of leading the party out of the present quagmire. We demand their immediate resignation.

We are surprised that while the former National Chairman, Ahmadu Adamu Muazu resigned, these harbingers of political ill-fate are still hanging on to celebrate over the misfortunes of the Party.

Nigerians will recall that in the United Kingdom, leaders of Labour and Liberal Democrats resigned honourably following the loss of their parties in the 2015 BritishParliamentary Elections. What is the PDP NWC still waiting for? To hang on and further scavenge on the party? This must stop.

We demand that the Publicity Secretary who claimed that staff of the PDP have lost touch with the state chapters withdraws the statement unconditionally. We have evidence to show that the same person who made this allegation lost woefully in his ward and polling booth in the November 16, 2013 governorship election in Anambra State where he openly campaigned for and supported the candidate of APGA against the PDP. He again lost his ward and polling booth in the state Assembly elections of April 11, 2015.

We appeal to the Board of Trustees, the National Caucus and other members of the National Executive Committee to invoke relevant sections of the Party constitution to call for a meeting of NEC since the NWC is reluctant to do so. A stitch in time saves nine.

We also call on the anti-graft agencies such as the EFCC, the Police, and ICPC to beam their searchlight on the nefarious activities of the PDP NWC before they finally take the party to the grave yard.

We demand that the National Secretary and his co-travelers in the NWC unconditionally withdraw their sadistic circular and adhere strictly to the provisions of the establishment manual should they no longer require our services.


Conclusion

Gentlemen of the press, We wish to reiterate that the greater number of members of staff has spent over 16 years working and building the PDP. We therefore remain loyal staff, loyal party members and stakeholders who are committed to retrieve the founding vision of our great party.

Thank you.


Signed:

Ngozi Nzeh Dan Ochu-Baiye

Chairman Secretary

PDP Staff Welfare PDP Staff Welfare


Source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/31/pdp-staff-ask-efcc-investigate-party-leadership

Metuh thinks playing opposition by issuing propaganda statements about PMB while your house reeks of corruption. If nigerians must take PDP serious again, thex PURGE themselves first

And PDP keeps going down.

Truly, Corruption is PDP and PDP is Corruption

Party of hoodlums and criminals

We all knw PdP reeks of corruption, nd they can't follow us into the New Nigeria that God is preparing for us!
They better repent and change their ways!
Wailing wailer shuld come nd weep for their party!
It's Going down faster than a moving bullet!

I believe whynotthetruth and Temitemi are perusing... Shocking...

Freemanan:
I believe whynotthetruth and Temitemi are perusing... Shocking...

I don't dig propaganda and blackmail...this is one...So absolutely nothing is shocking here...

Whynotthetruth:


I don't dig propaganda and blackmail...this is one...So absolutely nothing is shocking here...

As expected... Issokay

Freemanan:

As expected... Issokay

Politics is about interest bro...
1)Some folks want NWC so that they can come in...this outburst isn't surprising...

2)Since when did STAFF of organizations start dictating to their bosses especially when there interest isn't met...they are employees of PDP not politicians in PDP plzzz...

3)If they are sacked due to paucity of fund...Does it mean they should blackmail the same leadership?...did they notice the anomaly today?

4)Secondus they derided here...has he been in office up to 9months as they claimed?...

5)Wada whom they accused of dropping 1billion isn't him the same person whom they reported stormed out of Wadata plaza because his wish of having his congress list adopted wasn't met?...liars shouldn't have short memory bro...

6)Why is Elumelu keeping quiet if he was shortchanged for Okowa to come in?...

7)Lots of holes in this story bro...that betray the intent behind it...Enjoy it if it tickles your fancy and feeds your debate against PDP

Whynotthetruth:


Politics is about interest bro...
1)Some folks want NWC so that they can come in...this outburst isn't surprising...

2)Since when did STAFF of organizations start dictating to their bosses especially when there interest isn't met...they are employees of PDP not politicians in PDP plzzz...

3)If they are sacked due to paucity of fund...Does it mean they should blackmail the same leadership?...did they notice the anomaly today?

4)Secondus they derided here...has he been in office up to 9months as they claimed?...

5)Wada whom they accused of dropping 1billion isn't him the same person whom they reported stormed out of Wadata plaza because his wish of having his congress list adopted wasn't met?...liars shouldn't have short memory bro...

6)Why is Elumelu keeping quiet if he was shortchanged for Okowa to come in?...

7)Lots of holes in this story bro...that betray the intent behind it...Enjoy it if it tickles your fancy and feeds your debate against PDP

I believe The staff is recommending and just being concerned... Maybe other intentions exists but that's uncertain. I believe mentioning the Elumelu and Okowa debacle here is over stretching it. I just think there is no harm done to either bloc if ears are given to the recommendations of this staff.

Whynotthetruth:


Politics is about interest bro...
1)Some folks want NWC so that they can come in...this outburst isn't surprising...

2)Since when did STAFF of organizations start dictating to their bosses especially when there interest isn't met...they are employees of PDP not politicians in PDP plzzz...

3)If they are sacked due to paucity of fund...Does it mean they should blackmail the same leadership?...did they notice the anomaly today?

4)Secondus they derided here...has he been in office up to 9months as they claimed?...

5)Wada whom they accused of dropping 1billion isn't him the same person whom they reported stormed out of Wadata plaza because his wish of having his congress list adopted wasn't met?...liars shouldn't have short memory bro...

6)Why is Elumelu keeping quiet if he was shortchanged for Okowa to come in?...

7)Lots of holes in this story bro...that betray the intent behind it...Enjoy it if it tickles your fancy and feeds your debate against PDP

This is a Greek gift to lovers of Autocracy. They should take the trojan horse and watch the slaughter at the turn of the night. The real truth is that the PDP is undergoing sweeping reforms and restructuring. The staff members mentioned autocrats and painted them as versatile leaders. But in reality the leadership of Secondus and Oladipo has been nothing but brilliant so far. In time Nigerians will appreciate the road the PDP has taken

Freemanan:

I believe The staff is recommending and just being concerned... Maybe other intentions exists but that's uncertain. I believe mentioning the Elumelu and Okowa debacle here is over stretching it. I just think there is no harm done to either bloc if ears are given to the recommendations of this staff.

Believe me, I need to see new faces in Wadata plaza but not through such blackmail as this...2016 is here already for them to go officially so why the haste?...PDP got its reputation for impunity and looting under OBJ not Jonathan or Yar'adua...The devils in PDP are linked to same man...Yar'adua would have experienced his wrath and blackmail just as Jonathan did had death allowed him...because he started the issue of reversing OBJ decisions and policies and shunning his instructions and men...

Finally, if Staff feel maltreated, we have NIC for such cases not propaganda and blackmail... If they feel PDP NWC should be probed, a letter to EFCC would have done...But this media abi press release; its a product of propaganda and blackmail showing they have no case hence grappling with straws and mudslinging their bosses...

Whynotthetruth:


Believe me, I need to see new faces in Wadata plaza but not through such blackmail as this...2016 is here already for them to go officially so why the haste?...PDP got its reputation for impunity and looting under OBJ not Jonathan or Yar'adua...The devils in PDP are linked to same man...Yar'adua would have experienced his wrath and blackmail just as Jonathan did had death allowed him...because he started the issue of reversing OBJ decisions and policies and shunning his instructions and men...

Finally, if Staff feel maltreated, we have NIC for such cases not propaganda and blackmail... If they feel PDP NWC should be probed, a letter to EFCC would have done...But this media abi press release; its a product of propaganda and blackmail showing they have no case hence grappling with straws and mudslinging their bosses...

I just hope when the truth surfaces, we will have the resilience to accept it.

hinwazaka:
This is a Greek gift to lovers of Autocracy. They should take the trojan horse and watch the slaughter at the turn of the night. The real truth is that the PDP is undergoing sweeping reforms and restructuring. The staff members mentioned autocrats and painted them as versatile leaders. But in reality the leadership of Secondus and Oladipo has been nothing but brilliant so far. In time Nigerians will appreciate the road the PDP has taken

God bless your intelligence and analytical skills bro...

People praised here are all OBJ men under whom PDP got its reputation for impunity, anarchy and greed cum excessive looting of treasury...

I wish and pray Secondus handover by 2016 to NEW, smart, intelligent, and innovative young fellas...

Freemanan:

I just hope when the truth surfaces, we will have the resilience to accept it.

For me...100% ready...but unfortunately truth is now subjective in Nigeria...If it were not, even buhari won't waste time making noise in the media blackmailing people and doing media emotional conviction like OBJ did...he would simply throw the books open for all to see and for the law to take its course...But all we get it Punch, Nations, & Saharareporters outdoing each other in coining stories of blackmail and propagating lies...

Only if most Nigerians are as smart as they claim to be...