TENSION PERSISTS AS PDP GOVERNORS, NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE MEET.

TENSION PERSISTS AS PDP GOVERNORS, NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE MEET

• PDP governors and the National Working Committee of the party will be meeting over some burning issues. 
  
• Recall that the PDP national chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, is currently facing a battle for survival.
  

• Efforts by the party to settle the crises in the party has not yielded any positive outcome and as a result.

There is palpable tension among members of the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of separate meetings by the PDP Governors Forum, as well as the National Working Committee in preparation for Thursday’s Executive Committee meeting.

It was gathered in Abuja, on Tuesday, that supporters of the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, who filed appeals against the two Court orders barring him from performing his functions as chairman, are upbeat about the possibility of the appeal succeeding before Thursday’s NEC.

Tension persists as PDP governors, NWC meet PDP governors and National Working Committee will meet over issues in the party.

Source Twitter: One of such persons, who pleaded anonymity in order not to incur the wrath of the judges handling the case, told The PUNCH, “We are hopeful that our appeal will succeed. Should this happen, Secondus will preside over Thursday’s NEC meeting thus putting spanners in the works of those who want him out. However, an anti-Secondus member of the party leadership dismissed the permutation as “wishful thinking.”

The source who also pleaded anonymity for fear of retribution said, “We have passed this stage. We have an acting National Chairman in the person of Yemi Akinwonmi whose appointment has been ratified by all the relevant organs of the party and is still in charge and we cannot turn back the hand of the clock.”

The PUNCH had reported that a Rivers State High Court had granted an interim injunction restraining Secondus from performing the functions of national chairman.

Read also; Why we suspended Uche Secondus from PDP – Opposition party makes serious allegation Not long afterwards, a Kebbi State High Court granted another injunction asking Secondus to resume his duties immediately, not soon after he resumed, a High Court in Cross River State granted another injunction barring Secondus from parading himself as national chairman.

It was equally gathered that as at Tuesday, the Senator David Mark-led committee saddled with the responsibility of among other things getting the feuding party members to withdraw cases from court has been unable to get their commitment.

IPAC chairman speaks on struggles of smaller political parties ahead of 2023 In another report, Dr. Leonard Nzenwa chairman, Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), says smaller political parties in the country are going through various challenges, hence, their inability to contend with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Nzenwa made the statement in an exclusive interview with Legit.ng on Thursday, August 26 at a town hall meeting hosted by Say No Campaign in Abuja. He said the newer political parties cannot compete with the bigger ones because they do not have access to the funds of the state.

ICPC wars against political corruption in the polity. Meanwhile, ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has declared that political corruption is punishable under the electoral act.

This was stated by the ICPC chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasonye, SAN who was represented by Mohammed Ashiru Baba; director, public enlightenment and education, ICPC at a town hall meeting recently in Abuja.

The theme of the event attended by a Legit.ng reporter, was Building Community Resilience Against Electoral Corruption to Promote Good Governance.

Source: FAYOMI Solomon Adebayo