BREAKING: Again, PDP crisis gets messier as NWC members clash

Again, PDP crisis gets messier as NWC members clash

 

The lingering crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday escalated as members of the National Working Committee (NWC) again clashed.

 

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Recall that the party has been having a running battle, the latest being the legal tussle over who occupies the position of the party National Secretary between Sen. Samuel Anyanwu and Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye and the suspension of Ali Odefa, the PDP National Vice Chairman, South East.

 

The crisis, has, however, escalated on Monday when Anyanwu summoned a meeting of NWC with critical South-East Zonal Stakeholders for Tuesday at the party national secretariat

 

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The meeting, which is scheduled to start by 2pm on Tuesday at the National Executive Committee (NEC) hall of the party national headquarters, has started generating controversy.

 

Reacting to the scheduled meeting of NWC with South-East Zonal Stakeholders, some aggrieved members of the NWC said they are not aware of such meeting and that no meeting was scheduled.

 

While Odefa urged the PDP South East Critical Stakeholder, staff of the National Secretariat of the PDP and the media should disregard the purported meeting, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said such meeting was not approved.

 

Odefa and Ologunagba disclosed that the Zone held a very successful meeting on Friday where all critical stakeholders were present.

 

Odefa, in a statement said: “My attention has been drawn to a purported invitation of critical South East Stakeholders of the PDP to a meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) of our great Party the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, January 28, 2025

 

 

“As the National Vice Chairman (South East) and member of the NWC representing the South East, I hereby authoritatively state that no such meeting is scheduled between the South East Stakeholders and the NWC.

 

“For the avoidance of doubt, the PDP South East has at the Zonal Committee (ZEC) meeting attended by all South East critical stakeholders in Enugu, Enugu State on Friday, January 25, 2025, discussed and unanimously agreed on all matters related to the planned South East Zonal Congress

 

“All PDP South East Critical Stakeholder, staff of the National Secretariat of the PDP and the media should therefore disregard the purported invitation to a meeting of the South East Stakeholders with the NWC as no such meeting was scheduled.”

 

Speaking to newsmen while reacting to this development, Ologunagba said, “well, I am not aware, and there’s no information, and I’m not aware of any meeting by the NWC with the stakeholders of the party in the Southeast Zone of our party.

 

“I’m aware that last Friday, the Zone held a very successful meeting where all critical stakeholders were present, led by the governor of Enugu, Mr. Mba. And they held a successful meeting which was all over the world in the public domain.

 

“So, the NWC, and if the NWC is going to hold a meeting with any organ of the party or any zone of the party, or any unit of the party, I, as the National Public Secretary, will be aware.

 

“For tomorrow’s rumored meeting, I am not aware of any. There’s no scheduling of any. And to that extent, I will take that as a rumor.

 

“The NWC did not approve and did not schedule. There will be a daily meeting with the Southeast Zone tomorrow, as you have indicated, because I’m not aware of any. The NWC did not approve and did not schedule any meeting.”