BANYO TEMITAYO
NATIONAL Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, on Thursday, advised stakeholders and leaders of the party against making any move that would dislocate the structure of the party within the next few months of the tenure of his National Working Committee.
He warned that any dislocation or action contrary to the smooth running of the party would result in several unknown issues that the party might not be able to overcome.
Secondus spoke while addressing the Board of Trustees of the PDP at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the party, in Abuja.
The PDP National Chairman had been at the centre of a crisis that had rocked the structure of the party, which culminated in the resignation of seven NWC members on the same day.
THE POINT had reported that there had been underground moves to remove Secondus and sack his NWC, following some allegations of misconduct and insinuations that the party would need a new lease of life at the national level to be able to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Secondus, while addressing the BOT members, however, agreed that those who were aggrieved had a right to be, but advised that the misunderstandings should be resolved internally.
He said, “Anything contrary to the smooth running of our party towards the remaining three months will not be good enough for our party. Any dislocation will cost an infraction that will result in several unknown issues that we may not be able to come out of…
“After the main state congresses, both the public and our party were looking forward to a smooth and peaceful convention which is coming up in December. We believe the preparation is being done in the office of the National Organising Secretary.
“Soon, the schedule of events, the timetable and other things, shall be presented before the Caucus, BoT, NEC and all organs of our party for action leading to the convention.”
He said, for the first time, leadership was provided under the current NWC without rancour, until recently, adding that the seven national officers who earlier resigned had been attended to.
On his part, Chairman of the BoT, Senator Walid Jibrin, called on party stakeholders not to allow the kind of crises that led to the ouster of previous national chairmen of the PDP.
He said Nigerians were looking up to the PDP to rescue them from what he described as the stranglehold of the APC, noting that it was regrettable that the PDP itself was enmeshed in needless squabbles.
“Please, let us examine why many past national chairmen did not complete their tenure successfully – Chief Audu Ogbeh, Chief Okwesilieze Nwodo, Alh. Bamanga Tukur, Alh. Ahmed Mua’zu. Alh. Modu Sheriff and now the deputy national chairman, threatening to resign,” he noted.
