National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on Tuesday said Nigerians are waiting for justice
to be meted to its presidential candidate in the last general elections, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar, and the petition of the party because it was robbed of victory
in the election.
This is coming as the party denied allegation that
Secondus was interfering in the Bayelsa State governorship primaries scheduled
for September 3.
He also asked the Presidential Election Petition
Tribunal not to dash the hopes of Nigerians at the tribunal “because the
country is dangerously sliding to the abyss.”
Secondus made the declaration when he received the
Senator Ben Obi committee on the crisis rocking the PDP in Lagos State.
According to him, "Nigerians are waiting for
justice at the presidential election petition tribunal because we believe that
we were robbed of victory, and the country is dangerously sliding to abyss.
Everybody is living in fear. Everyone is living in fear of insecurity and
hunger. Also, there is mounting case of
unemployment.
"But inside of these fears, Nigerians had spoken
in the last elections. We all believe in God on the indivisible and
indivisibility of Nigeria as a sovereignty country. No matter what shall be our
position, Nigeria shall remain one country as we hope that the presidential
election petition tribunal shall deliver justice to Nigerians and not dash our
hopes."
The PDP national chairman also admonished the
governorship aspirants of Kogi and Bayelsa States not to resort to blackmail or
violence no matter their grievances, stating that due processes as stated in
the party constitution must be adhered to.
"No matter the grievance, we must follow the
party constitution and laid down due processes," he said, while
reiterating the PDP position on reformation, reconciliation and repositioning
of the party to meet the challenges and elections ahead.
Secondus promised that the party would look into the
recommendations of the Ben Obi committee, vowing not to interfere into the
affairs of the PDP in Lagos State.
He equally said the national leadership of PDP would
reconsider the lopsidedness of members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the
party.
Earlier, chairman of the PDP committee on
reconciliation, Senator Obi, while presenting his report to the National
Working Committee (NWC) of PDP, said Lagos is a winnable state in the next
election if the right steps are taken.
But he said some issues that caused the crisis in
the state must be addressed, adding that such issues are the executive
interference and the lopsidedness of the party's BoT in one of the senatorial
zones of the state.
Secondus stated that this was the outcome of their
committee meeting with members and elders of the PDP in Lagos State, including
former Ministers, Dapo Sarumi and
Abimbola Ogunkelu.
Obi said PDP members in Lagos State agreed that
they would no longer accept imposition of leaders, adding that they want every
process of filling vacant positions to be done democratically in line with the
party constitution.
The committee chairman said the reconciliation took
place with 15 out of 20 local government area chairmen of the party, stating
that the elders and stakeholders of PDP in the state accepted that there is
need for reconciliation in the party.
It was agreed that a former minister, Abiola
Ogunkelu, should become the chairman of the reconciliation committee. The composition of the Lagos State executives
of 65/35 should be discarded, while also pleading for none interference.
Obi said the Lagos State PDP also wanted the
lifting of suspension of the PDP local government chairmen, while also complaining
that the three BoT members came from the same zone of the state.
Meanwhile, PDP has denied any allegation that
Secondus was interfering in the Bayelsa State governorship primaries scheduled
for September 3.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr.
Kola Ologbondiya, denied the allegation at a press conference yesterday in
Abuja.
The PDP South-south Youth Vanguard had warned
Secondus against interfering in the Bayelsa State governorship primaries.
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