One of the State Executive members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), St. Moses Ogbonna on Tuesday resigned his position as the Organizing Secretary of the party in the state.
Ogbonna cited strained
relationships between him and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as well as the
State chairman of the party, Sir Johnson Onuigbo as part of the reason
that informed his decision to quit the party.
Ogbonna, who stated
this in a letter signed by him, alleged that he had been excluded from
all activities of the party ranging from the 2016 council polls to the
party primaries.
He further noted that his life has been
threatened as a result of his outspokenness against what he described as
impunity and imposition in the party.
“My decision is reached
upon my painstaking review of the relationship between the governor of
the state, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu and the state chairman, Sir Johnson
Onuigbo which over the period have by several conducts consistently
exhibited loss of confidence and trust culminating into deliberate
usurpation of my duties with impunity. This brazen act of impunity has
led to the total neglect of the SWC and state exco of the party.
“The
party is now being run as one man show and every important decision
including financial matters and ratification of the results of the
primaries was done in a hotel without the approval of the SWC. I, as the
Organizing secretary have been excluded from all activities of the
party. Every message to the national headquarters that needed to emanate
from my office was done by the state chairman,” the letter read in
part.
Ogbonna also alleged that the Abia PDP secretariat is
deserted as exco members and workers of the party have been abandoned to
suffer while being owed for 6 months.
The Nation gathered that
Ogbonna was among the nineteen Executive members of the party who had on
November 27, 2018 in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting to
access the state of affairs in the party in the state, resolved among
other things to pass a vote of no confidence on the State chairman of
the party. This is even as they had setup a seven-man disciplinary
committee to investigate alleged illegalities and maladministration of
Ounigbo.
It was learnt that the impeachment of the State Chairman
was however jettisoned by the members of the party’s State Executive
through the intervention of Governor of the state, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu
and other stakeholders of the party within 48hrs the members of the
executive had directed that State Vice Chairman, Hon. P. C Onyegbu to
act as the substantive chairman of the party in the state.
A
source in the party who would not want its name in print expressed
worries over development of events in the party in recent times and
called on the Governor of the state, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu and other
stakeholders to come to a roundtable to address some of the issues that
may tear the party apart which the source said could affect the chances
of the party winning the February 23rd and March 9th elections in the
state.
Attempts to reach the Abia State chairman, PDP, Sir Johnson Onuigbo failed as their mobile lines were unreachable.
But
a source close to the Onuigbo disclosed that the chairman and the state
publicity secretary of the party in the state, Chief Don Ubani were in
Abuja for a crucial meeting of the party’s stakeholders holding Tuesday.
Source:- Thenationonlineng
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