Governors’ Intervention Into PDP Crisis Flops

The intervention of the powerful Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors Forum into the crisis in the party arising from the contention of some stakeholders over the office of National Secretary has flopped.

GWG.ng reports that the flop of the governors’ intervention came after the national secretary of the PDP,, Senator Samuel Anyanwu rebuffed the recommendation that the position should be ceded to the former National Youth Leader, Sunday Ude-Okoye.

GWG.ng reports that the move came amid reports that the governors were splintered in their opinion on the crisis and that the decision to go against Senator Anyanwu was made to appease Governor Peter Mbah, the only PDP governor from the Southeast.

Dismissing the call of the governors for Ude-Okoye who was recommended by some stakeholders for the office, Senator Anyanwu in a telephone interview with Vanguard said:

“First and foremost, the PDP Governors’ Forum is not an organ of our party, so I’m unperturbed by the communique they issued after their meeting. One fact remains: I’m the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party.

“Remember, the Governors Forum is one out of several pressure groups in our party. You can see even the communique is adversity. There’s a likelihood that they did what they did to satisfy Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State.

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and our courts remain supreme in such matters.

“The Appeal Court gave an order for a stay of execution of an earlier judgement, and the Court’s current position is clearly in my favour; there is absolutely nothing to worry about.

“I’m complying with this court order, and in case they are not aware, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will not recognise any other person besides me as PDP National Secretary.”

GWG.ng reports that a High Court in Enugu State had initially given the order for Ude-Okoye to take the office, an order that was upheld by the Court of Appeal.

However, a stay of execution by the Court of Appeal was issued, a plank that Senator Anyanwu is standing on.

The apparent flop of the governors forum is bound to create more uncertainty for the PDP in the crisis that has engulfed it.

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