The Deputy President of
the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has dismissed as baseless and untrue the
report of purported tension within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over
alleged secret zoning of national offices of the party, supposedly by some
leaders of the party.
He said such was sheer
illusion of authors of confusion; people who did not wish the party well and
were scared of PDP’s steady resurgence after the 2015 general elections.
He stressed: “There is,
so far, no meeting, secret or open, where all or a few PDP party leaders met to
zone the National Working Committee, NWC, offices of the party. The PDP’s
constitution is clear on how the party can arrive at a zoning formula.
“Besides, it should be
clear to all that the days of any form of impunity and underhandedness within
Africa’s biggest party are gone. We are committed to returning fully to the
founding principles and philosophies of the PDP.
“Therefore, there can
never be any secret zoning of PDP’s NWC positions or any other office for that
matter. Such exists only in propaganda rooms and imaginations of those who are
afraid that we are steadily reinforcing, reforming, and coming back stronger to
give the nation a more purposeful leadership”.
Urging Nigerians to
disregard the report, Ekweremadu added: “The PDP will soon convene a meeting of
the relevant stakeholders and organs of the party as stipulated by our
constitution to come up with a clear zoning of the national offices of the
party in a transparent, democratic, and fair manner”.
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Uche Anichukwu
Special
Adviser (Media) to Deputy President of the Senate
11/03/16
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