The PDP Concerned League, identified as a stakeholders’
group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked Iyorchia Ayu, national
chairman of the party, to resign from his position.
The group also demanded the resignation of Samuel Anyanwu,
PDP national secretary, and Umar Bature, the party’s national organising
secretary.
Daboikiabo Warmate, leader of the group, who made the demand
at a media briefing on Wednesday in Abuja, said the listed officials must
resign on or before June 20.
The group accused Ayu of handing the party’s tickets to the
“highest bidders” in the primaries across the country.
“Since the coming on
board of the Iyorchia Ayu-led national working committee, some of the NWC have
been immersed in one scandal or the other to the detriment of PDP,” he said.
“It is quite discouraging, distressing, nauseating and
shameful to watch, listen and read on various media and conversational
platforms in almost every week of the month.
“The allegations range from giving tickets to the highest
bidders, to subsisting expulsion that may cost PDP exclusion from the 2023
polls, to the hijacking of the ward and local government congress committee
(assignment) list, manipulation of national and state delegate list, using non-party
members for PDP official assignment and unjustly disqualifying qualify
aspirants and clearing aspirants with questionable certificates and loyalty.
“For example, Mr.
T.P. Williams of the FCT senatorial race, comrade Ikenga Imo Ugochenyire in the
Ideato north and south federal constituency race in Imo state, and right
honourable Sherif Oborevwori in the Delta state gubernatorial race, among
others.
“This has presented PDP to Nigerians as a party that cannot
involve and invoke its political principle and morality.
“Ayu and co., six months in office, can be shamefully
described as the darkest part of the history of our great party. With them at
the helm of affairs of PDP, PDP will most likely lose the 2023 general election
because their unpopular decisions, actions and inactions have led to the
emergence of some unpopular candidates, candidates with K-legs, court cases,
disenfranchisement, the crisis in some state chapters, decamping of some party
members to other parties and the likelihood of PDP not able to present a
candidate for the general election in some states, and have also given the
party an unprintable image.”
Citing the PDP constitution, Warmate said since the party
has elected Atiku Abubakar from the north as its presidential candidate, Ayu
who is also from the north ought not to continue in office.
“This is inconsistent
with section 7, subsection 3 (c) and section 46 subsection 3 of our great party
constitution as amended 2017. It’s politically unethical and immoral,” the
group said.
“Therefore, we call on the national chairman, national
secretary and national organising secretary to, without any further delay,
tender their resignation letters and hand over every party document and other
items to their deputies as provided by our party constitution as amended 2017.
“As for the national chairman, he should hand over to the
national deputy chairman (south). This is in keeping with the established
internal policies of the party and constitution.”
Warmate added that “failure to tender their resignation
letters on or before the 20th of June, 2022, will attract protest at the
party’s national secretariat in Abuja and other forms of pressure for them to
resign”.
“They have displayed
enough impunity, and insensitivity that has never been seen or heard in the
history of our great party,” Warmate added.
Meanwhile, the stakeholders’ group had, in June 2021, also
asked Uche Secondus, PDP national chairman at the time, to resign from his
position.
After several court judgments on the matter, Secondus lost
his bid to stop the party’s convention that eventually resulted in the election
of the Ayu-led NWC.
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