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Breaking News: People's Democratic Party (pdp), Imo State Chapter by AsabaPropertyAg(m): 11:09am On Jun 18, 2023 |
PDP is in big trouble in Imo State. *PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), IMO STATE CHAPTER* *June 18, 2023* *Text of World Press Conference on the Mass Resignation of Members of the Imo State Working Committee of the PDP* *Good Morning, Gentlemen of the Press.* *Since 2020 when this Working Committee took over the administrative cockpit of the PDP in Imo State, we have evolved a* *tradition of being upfront with you as members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm about all issues that trouble our dear* *State. We have, through such interactions, inspired faith in a better Imo realized through good* *governance and democratic norms.* *Today, unfortunately, is not for such engagements. In unequivocal terms, we announce to you that the* *PDP in Imo State has now been damaged beyond redemption by the National Secretary, Senator Samuel* *Nnaemeka Anyanwu (Samdadday), and the Party is at last moving irreversibly to its terminus.* *It is necessary we remind you that in the last three years, this Working Committee has built a very strong, formidable* *and enviable PDP in Imo State. To enable the Party realize its promise of being a truly democratic entity,* *we envisioned the need to expand the internal democratic space by forming nearly five* *thousand chapters across all the polling units in the State. We took the Party to the people, and that made us* *the darling of Imo people. We accomplished this task despite our lean resources as an* *opposition. No other political party has attained this feat in Nigeria.* *More so, we institutionalized the culture of accountability in party administration, and demonstrated a* *readiness to govern and reform Imo.* *But, since Senator Anyanwu became the National Secretary of the Party, he has never relented in deploying the* *powers of his office to fight members of this Working Committee and intimidate even ordinary members of the Party.* *Endless strife, mindless wars and erosion of all democratic values and principles have now defined and defiled Imo* *PDP.* *Day after day, Senator Anyanwu still sponsors his very few loyalists to cook up puerile petitions against us and flood the* *National Secretariat of the Party with such inanities. On the basis of those contrivances, he* *has continued to threaten to dissolve the Party in Imo State, even after we have defeated him at the* *Supreme Court. Samdadday has remained unrelenting and unrepentant in his destructive agenda.* *Gentlemen of the Press, it is heartbreaking to inform you that some of us in the State Working Committee have* *severally escaped assassination attempts because of the wicked lies which our National Secretary sold to his* *violent supporters, that we misappropriated Party funds.* *Yet, it was he, Senator Anyanwu, that sent his aides from Abuja to steal the materials for last year's congresses of the* *Party, thereby creating a stalemate that gulped all our resources through multiple and controversial exercises* *and the appeasement of multiple stakeholders so as to save the Party from not fielding candidates* *for the 2023 elections.* *When Senator Anyanwu eventually succeeded at crowning himself the governorship candidate of the Party, he convened* *a meeting of all the LGA Youth Leaders at his residence in Owerri and confessed openly that he had lied to* *them about financial mismanagement in the Party by the State Working Committee.* *He also apologized to the State Youth Leader for the attacks and elimination attempts he had passed through because of the falsehoods which he* ( *Samdadday) had propagated. He also recanted the lies and repeated the apologies during the only meeting* *he has had with us as members of the SWC since his emergence as governorship candidate* . *He said all the falsehoods peddled against us by him were as a result of his fight for survival.* *All of us in the State Working Committee are reputable people who have made their marks in their various areas of* *endeavour. How could Senator Anyanwu destroy our reputation, and also destroy the Party we have built, simply* *because of his fight for individual survival? The implication is that if by mistake he is allowed to govern Imo* *State, he will further destroy our dear State if only that would guarantee his individual survival!* *Last Saturday, armed thugs sponsored by Senator Anyanwu invaded the Party Secretariat and* *unleashed violence on us. They vandalized our building, smashed all the glasses, beat our security men to a pulp, broke into* *our offices, and looted everything they could find. This latest attack was the most brazen and* *audacious attempt to eliminate us. It is curious that the so-called function which Senator Anyanwu claims to have* *brought him and his thugs to the Party Secretariat was totally unknown to us as SWC* *members.* *When the State Chairman, Engr. Charles Ugwuh, made efforts to bring the police to investigate the attack,* *Senator Anyanwu stood against it. Is that not shocking? How can a man who says he wants to make Imo safe again* *be caught aiding and abetting acts of violence and insecurity even against his own Party* *members? There is clear danger! There is fire on the mountain! Run! Run!! Run!!! We must now run to stay alive!* *Despite the electoral vigour, creativity and resources which our Party had put into the 2023 general elections,* *we made a very poor showing simply because Senator Anyanwu directed his loyalists to mobilize and work* *against the Party and our candidates at all levels in the State. As a responsible Working Committee, we had* *overlooked all these provocations and proceeded to set up a reconciliation committee ahead of the* *governorship election. But our teeming members across the State who felt deeply hurt by the actions of Senator* *Anyanwu have appeared before the reconciliation committee and declared their position, that allowing* *Senator Anyanwu to hold the flag of the Party is a reward for impunity and remorseless anti-party activities.* *This is the reason that, in the aftermath of Senator Anyanwu's emergence as governorship candidate, hundreds of senior* *members of the Party have dumped the PDP. Four serving Federal lawmakers also dumped the Party along with* *thousands of their supporters in a single day. Those who stayed back have completely lost morale, only looking* *up to us for direction. And the moment has come.* *How do we explain to generations yet unborn that it was under our watch that one man became the National* *Secretary and governorship candidate, and also single-handedly chose a deputy governorship candidate* *for himself? Collegiality, stakeholding and consultations have all taken flight from Imo PDP.* *When the Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha held sway as Leader of the Party, we saw a robust, vibrant, inclusive and functional* *political party system. Every success recorded by Imo PDP is owed to the ingenuity, resources and* *outstanding leadership of former Governor Ihedioha. Conversely, all the maladies that have lately befallen us are* *squarely the making of Samdadday. And the unjust imposition of Samdadday on us as governorship candidate* *by the Ayu-led National Working Committee is the second most cruel occurrence in history after Cain murdered Abel.* *To be very clear, Senator Anyanwu is not running for governorship in November. If he claims to be running, it is not to our* *knowledge as members of the State Working Committee. The Party does not know what his program looks* *like. That is if he has any. Governorship campaigns have started, yet the Party does not also know if there is anything like a* *campaign council.* *The rent for the Party Secretariat has since expired, and the landlord has kept harassing us. Party staff have gone* *without salaries since Senator Anyanwu emerged as the candidate of the Party. The Party cannot afford* *to fuel our power generating set and even purchase stationeries for our offices. Yet, someone is parading himself as* *our governorship candidate. This deceit cannot be allowed to continue, and we cannot lend ourselves* *as tools for the deception of Imo people. Never!* *In view of the forgoing and many other shocking discoveries which will soon be made public, we, the undersigned* *members of the Imo State Working Committee of the PDP, have resolved to resign our various positions in* *the Party and dump the Party en masse.* *We have today opened the floodgate of resignations and defections, and in the next couple of weeks, there will be only Senator* *Anyanwu left in the Party.* *Thank you so much for the generosity of your attention.* *Signed:* *1. Sir Martins Ejiogu (State Deputy Chairman)* *2. Hon (Nze) Ray Emeaña (State Secretary)* *3. Comrade Greg G.O.C. Nwadike (State Youth Leader)* *4. Collins Opurozor (State Publicity Secretary)* *5. Hon. Chief Mrs. Maria Mbakwe (State Woman Leader)* *6. Barr. Josiah Eze (State Treasurer)* *_7. Barr. Chibuisi Obido (State Vice Chairman, Orlu Zone)_*
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Re: Breaking News: People's Democratic Party (pdp), Imo State Chapter by Martinsmine(m): 12:27pm On Jun 18, 2023 |
Imo state has been broken for long. This story is just to paint samdaddy black. If PDP Is not ready allow labour win. Or chairman hope |
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