PDP: Coming Off A Dangerous Bend…

PDP: Coming Off A Dangerous Bend…

• Trustees of the party swing into action, deliberate inspite of the presence of thugs;
• Ude-Okoye participates in BoT meeting

By PHC Telegraph

Despite the rokus caused by hired thugs purportedly drafted to Wadata House by a group to violently prevent the National Secretary, Ude-Okoye from taking his seat. And also disrupt Wednesday’s gathering of members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party, trustees have extracted a serious commitment from the leadership that the planned meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, will hold as planned.

Trustees who had an interface with party officials in Abuja, including the PDP Acting National Chairman, Dr. Illiya Damagum secured strong assurances that next month’s NEC meeting must take place.

In a communique issued at the end of its 79th meeting, the BoT said, “The Acting National Chairman assured the BoT that the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will hold as scheduled in February 2025 to address all pertinent issues and reaffirm our shared commitment to the unity, discipline, and ideals that bind us together as members of the PDP.”

Earlier, thugs on a mission to stop Ude-Okoye from discharging his duties as National Secretary stormed the venue of the meeting.

It is not clear on whose instance the thugs struck, but many suspect that Anyanwu who came back to snatch the seat of the National Secretary after he had failed to win the Imo governorship race may have been behind moves to prevent Ude-Okoye from taking part in the meeting.

BoT members inspite of the tension which was created by the fracas insisted that the National Secretary recognised by the court should take part.

Sources say the meeting did not proceed until Okoye who had won two victories in court against Samuel Anyanwu was duly allowed to be part of it.

Concerned by the squabble within the NWC and the sharp disagreement between Okoye and Anyanwu over the position of secretary, the BoT decided to set up a panel headed by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki to study the matter, dialogue with the parties and bring back a report for consideration.

“The BoT expresses serious concerns over the unresolved challenges facing the Party especially as related to the disagreements within the National Working Committee (NWC).

“The BoT calls on the members of the NWC, all Organs, leaders and critical stakeholders of our Party across board to rise above personal, group or sectional interests and place the stability, unity, sustenance and progress of our Party and its ideals above all other considerations.

“In the effort to resolve the current crisis over the position of the National Secretary of the Party, which is presently before the Courts, the BoT set up a committee led by Barr Kabiru Tanimu Turaki SAN to interface with the parties, study the situation and report to the Board for further action.”

Recall that on December 20, 2024, an Appeal Court in Enugu upheld the decision of a High Court removing Anyanwu as PDP’s Secretary and affirming Ude-Okoye as the authentic Secretary.

In a related development, a coalition of opposition lawmakers has welcomed the decision of the Board of Trustees meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The group said it was particularly thrilled by its resolve to ensure that a National Executive Council meeting of the party holds in February.

Describing the decision as a positive development “despite failed attempts by thugs allegedly loyal to sacked National secretary”, the coalition said through its Spokesperson, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere that the decision to ensure “that the national secretary, Hon. Ude Okoye participated in the meeting” was laudable.

“What happened today (yesterday) was a childish and stupid attempt by the former National Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Samuel Anyanwu and his impostor friend Damagum to disrupt the BoT meeting.

“It was a decisive meeting reaffirming that the long overdue National Executive Committee meeting of the party must hold as planned by February.

“So they brought all these thugs to disrupt the meeting. I want to thank the BoT leadership for standing firm and allowing the authentic national secretary, Ude Okoye to participate fully in the proceedings of the meeting.”

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