From Ochei Matthew, Asaba
Following the declaration of Ali Modu-Sheriff by the Court of Appeal as the authentic Peoples National Chairman of Democratic Party (PDP), its Delta State faction has swing into action to move the Barr. Kingsley Esiso-led executives out of the PDP state secretariat in Asaba.
The Sheriff faction, which reacted after the declaration of Sheriff said now they have the right to send the Esiso-led executives in Delta State out of the secretariat, noting that the Esiso’s executive is illegal and cannot occupy the party secretariat.
“The kangaroo convention held in the state where the party chairman and others were hand-picked by the state Governor Ifeanyi Okowa without the support of party faithful which created rancour within the party” the source explained.
The faction said that the manner the party is been run like a private business by Governor Okowa, Prof. Sam Ejite Oyovbaire, Dame and others was not in accordance with the PDP constitution.
According to him, some elders of the party who opposes them were been edged out from party affairs, adding that there is a feud among the Esiso executives.
“In some cases, there are infighting among them, leading to the inability of principal officers to sign cheque, we will soon inject the illegal executives out of the secretariat to take over the party affairs in the state in which we will ensure that all members will be carried along in accordance with our constitution not as a one man business. The crisis is also affecting some PDP local government executives,” the source said.
Another strong PDP stalwart in the state who spoke on condition of anonymity said there would be a parallel EXCO in the state soon.
His words: “We held a meeting at Agbor recently chaired by the South-south zonal Deputy National Chairman of the party, Dr. Cairo Ojogboh who briefed the state executives committee of Ali Modu-Sheriff faction that in no time, they will take over the party secretariat in the state that is occupied by the Markafi faction”.
He noted that the faction under the leadership of Sheriff would assume full authority and leadership of the party from the national down to the wards level, adding that the Delta State executives of the party would be inaugurated “any moment from now.”
Investigation revealed that one Chief Udeme from Delta Central Senatorial zone is the state chairman while Hon. Idwoo Onwudinjo from Delta North zone is state secretary of the party.
Efforts made to reach the State Chairman and Publicity Secretary of PDP of the Esiso-led executives proved abortive.
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