By David Uka
The State Caretaker Chairman of the People's Democratic Party PDP Ebonyi State Elder Fred Udeogu has expressed the readiness of the Party in the State to conduct a peaceful and rancour free ward Congress scheduled to hold on Saturday 25th Sept 2021 in all the 171 wards in the state.
Elder Udeogu who stated this in Abakaliki while briefing journalists said necessary arrangements have been put in place for the successful conduct of the exercise.
He charged party supporters to conduct themselves orderly and should eschew all forms of violence during the exercise adding that PDP is a reformed party that is prepared to show examples to other political parties in Nigeria.
According to him: "As you can see, we have commenced the distribution of wards, local governments forms yesterday. Outside that, there are other basic things we are doing to make sure that the Congresses are successfully conducted.
"We have written to Police, DSS and other security agencies, we have equally written to INEC to alert them on our ward Congress that will hold coming Saturday. All the preparatory arrangements have all been done.
"We have equally set up electoral appeal panel to entertain some matters that may arise. We are conscious of the fact that we are in opposition party, and we are putting our house together.
"I'm very much confident that our Congress will be peaceful and successful. You don't trust human beings but i have 99.9% confidence that the Congress will be perfectly conducted.
"We are doing all we can to takeover Ebonyi state. APC will be surprised on the outcome of our Congresses"
He said that the Party has ahead of the 2023 general election, zoned its governorship position to Abakaliki bloc which comprises of two senatorial zones of Ebonyi North and Central.
He noted that the two senatorial zones will harmonize, decides for themselves on whether the North or the Central will produce the next governor of Ebonyi state.
Udeogu equally noted that the stakeholders of the party zoned the party's chairmanship position to Ebonyi south senatorial zone, whereas the publicity secretary is zoned to Ebonyi central zone among other positions.
"We started with zoning, our party leaders decided to zone the governorship position to Abakaliki bloc. Ebonyi South are the one holding the governorship position now, they don't have to go again but we have zoned the Party chairmanship to them.
"And so, when the time comes, the Abakaliki bloc will now harmonize on whether the governorship position will go to either Ebonyi north or central zone. He said.
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