...As Party Chairman's Action Tears Stakeholders Apart

Before the emergence of Hon. Okoro Eze led-executive of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Igbo-Etiti LGA, the party members were united and had always worked together to deliver victory for the party.

Since Okoro Eze assumed office as Chairman, he has been holding clandestine meetings with members of a known divisive political group known as Bureau Politics ably led by member representing Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Dr. Martin Oke and Commissioner of Information, Hon. Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh to the detriment of other party members and stakeholders, who are not their members.


Their agenda has always been to hijack the affairs of the party and government in the Council, but they have always been resisted by other party faithful who are in majority.


It is obvious that Okoro Eze has no mind of his own and always consult with the leadership of the group, before taking any decision or step in the party.

There are several cases where the leaders of this group were allowed by Okoro Eze dictate the agenda of the party meetings.

This has not gone down with party members and stakeholders who have complained bitterly in different fora, but decide to lie low to allow peace reign.

The climax of the hijacking of Okoro Eze led PDP exco in Igbo-Etiti by the Bureau Politics group is the Easter Monday plan by Eze and some ward Chairmen he has forced and threatened to present a cow to the Hon. Aroh in appreciation of his support for the party and to urge him to prepare for Chairmanship of the Council.

Some of the ward Chairmen who were not comfortable with the move are being threatened by Okoro Eze who told them that if they fail to join them, they will be sidelined when Aroh took over as Council Chairman in the next election.

Eze has also reached out to some party stakeholders in the council to talk to their Ward Chairmen who were vehemently opposed to the divisive move.

Those who are opposed to the move had queried the rationale behind it when Aroh, who has benefited immensely from Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi's government is not the only person supporting the party in the Council.

Members of the group have been boasting that Hon. Aroh will take over from the incumbent Chairman of Council, Hon. Mrs Nkechi Ugwu-Oju, who they said she is not capable of superintending the 2023 election, because she is a woman.

It was disclosed that the media coverage has been arranged for the the arranged cow presentation to Hon. Aroh on Easter Monday to make it look real and use it as ploy to deceive the Governor Ugwuanyi that majority of the party faithful in the Council Area want Hon. Aroh to take over from Mrs Ugwu-Oju next year.