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More crises are rearing head in the South East Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the party’s congresses as the former national publicity secretary of the party Olisa Metuh, has cautioned the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, against pandering to the wishes and dictates of godfathers in Anambra State chapter of the party.
Metuh, who spoke after a meeting between some PDP stakeholders in Anambra and the National Working Committee, expressed hopes that Ayu would use the list of delegates duly elected by PDP members in the state.
He alleged that the national leadership of the PDP had become reluctant in complying with a report submitted to the PDP by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Metuh also charged Ayu to comply with an existing judgement of court and use the list of delegates duly elected by PDP members in Anambra.
He identified former Anambra State governor and presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, as the leader of the PDP in the state.
The crisis arising from election of delegates has become very rampant in many state chapters of the PDP.
On Wednesday, Senate minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, and 10 other Abia State governorship aspirants openly rejected the list of delegates submitted to the national leadership of the party.
The aspirants who took their protest to the national secretariat noted that “at the centre of the vexed issues is the obvious manipulation by a tiny segment of the State Executive Committee of the party to yield to plots at subverting the democratic process, which is geared towards achieving a predetermined goal of imposition at all levels.”
Reading a prepared document signed by all the aspirants, Abaribe said:
“We are therefore here in our party’s Abuja National headquarters to alert the party and the Nigerian public of this ugly development, which if not stopped could spell doom for the party ahead of the 2023 general election not only in Abia State but in the South East as a whole.”
In Imo State, both Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and a Federal High Court have rejected a delegate list provided by the party while instructing that only statutory delegate list will be honoured.