By David Uka
The Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP Ebonyi State has appealed to governor David Umahi to facilitate a peaceful surrender of the party Secretariat since the former factional chairman, Onyekachi Nwebonyi has resigned from the party and defected to APC.
The state caretaker committee chairman of the Party, Elder Fred Udeogu made the call during the state PDP
Stakeholders meeting at Salt Lake Hotels, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital.
The meeting which witnessed large crowd of party faithfuls was attended by notably PDP stakeholders in the state including former Secretary to the government of the federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, former Governor of Ebonyi State, Senator Sam Egwu, Senators Obinna Ogba and Michael Amah Nnachi, all the members of the federal House of Representatives under PDP, some members of the State House of Assembly, Amb Lawrence Nwruku and many others.
He noted that governor Umahi commissioned Barr. Onyekachi Nwebonyi, his political hireling and surrogate to undermine the activities of PDP in the state,
"but today we are happy and pleased to note that we welcome the latest development which is the withdrawal and resignation of Barr. Onyekachi Nwebonyi from the PDP, thereby bringing to an end all the machinations which had hitherto created problems for our party and its teeming members in Ebonyi State".
"We hereby plead with Governor Umahi to facilitate a peaceful surrender of our party Secretariat which his hirelings had attempted to occupy and vandalize".
He said that having taken over the leadership of the party in Ebonyi State, he will ensure that all their teeming members are united to work assiduously for victory come 2023.
"From now onwards we have taken back our party and we hereby pledge to ensure that all our teeming members are united to work assiduously for victory come 2023".
Udeogu noted that no ward or local government executive of the party defected to APC as claimed by Bar Onyekachi Nwebonyi. Even as he condemned series of communal clashes which has engulfed Ebonyi state in recent times.
Also speaking the South East Vice chairman of the party, chief Ali Odefa, while charging the party members to remain resolute said that that Ebonyi state remains a PDP state.
He said the really members of the party are those in charge now noting that PDP is a party that believe so much in action.
“We are not in a shouting match, it is those people that are talking, they are shouting. We are on the drawing board; we are planning, we are calculating, we are reaching out to people and the result is what you just saw that happened in Aba, Abia State on Saturday. Politics is not shout shout, talk talk. We are not noise makers, we are focused.
“Haven’t you see now that the people who were originally not part of us have left? We are all happier together now. The embittered ones have left our party now and we now know how many we are and we, the party are happier and we move forward.
“Everybody here I can assure you are the people that can win elections in their places. You cannot go to Ivo local government where Senator Anyim Pius Anyim is from and you will say you will win there. In Onicha local government, we are there, Hon. Linus is from Onicha local government, Ifeanyi Chuks is from Onicha local government. It is simple Mathematics. Politics is not shouting; I will crush you, I will grind you. No, we have gone beyond that era.
“I want to encourage you, do not be intimidated. Ali can not come back to Abakaliki, Ali cannot come back to Abakaliki, is this not Ali? I am the supreme leader and pepper them, gang, they can’t do anything. Do not be afraid, call your meetings, mobilize your people, call your meetings, secure your meetings, they won’t do anything, they are frustrated, they are on their way to APGA. One advantage you have over them is that in our party, we will democratize the process of primaries. Everybody will have a level playing field to contest any primaries.
“As you know, southeast is PDP. The only Governor they have in the southeast was stolen from the backyard; in Imo, they used the court to steal that one from us. Of course, Ebonyi, only him defected. So, our party is on the ground.
“The era of intimidation is gone. Police cannot intimidate us, they cannot use SSS against us, they will not use the court against us. We will resist all these dictatorial tendencies and they are already tired". He said.
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