NEW PDP EMERGES IN ONDO STATE http//thisdaylive/articles/martins-kuye-obasanjo-not-behind-pdp-crisis/158736/ James Sowole and Sheriff Balogun .......... Meanwhile, the crisis rocking the PDP, which resulted in the emergence of a faction, known as the ‘New PDP,’ gradually spread to the South-west, at the weekend, with the meeting in Akure, the Ondo State capital by some former House of Assembly members, expressing displeasure on happenings in the party. The meeting, which was said to be a gathering of South-west delegates, also had in attendance groups from a former governor of Oyo State and some persons said to be members and leaders of the Accord Party (AP). A source, which pleaded anonymity but attended the meeting, said to have been held at a popular hotel in Ijapo area of the state capital, said two key members of the past executive members of Ekiti State, under the administration of Chief Segun Oni, also attended the meeting. The source also disclosed that two delegates from the State Working Committee (SWC) and members loyal to a major aspirant for the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State attended the meeting. However, the source, which said seven key positions had been reserved for the South-west in the new national executive of the party, said there were no delegates from Ogun State at the meeting. Specifically, from Ondo State, the source said, movers of the state branch of the new party comprised the legislative caucus including some serving and former members of the state and National Assembly, excluding Senator Bode Olajumoke. He said key members of the SWC were made up of the 12 local government executive council members, 132 ward chairmen and 80 per cent former councillors in the state during the PDP administration. According to the source, six former members of the National Assembly, nine former members of the state House of Assembly and nine leaders of the party spread across the three senatorial districts of the state were also said to be in support of the new PDP. The source, however, disclosed that a former long standing principal officer of the state House of Assembly was the rallying point of the group. The group said they were not happy with happenings in the party over time, blaming the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and President Goodluck Jonathan for the nose diving fortune of the party in the state. The group also frowned at alleged anti-party posture of the president and the National Working Committee (NWC) during the last election and court cases, the alleged lethargy of the NWC to the plight of the party during its travails and sidelining of the election-wining mainstream leadership of the party in the state for the opposition. Other allegations levelled against the leadership of the PDP and the president were the alleged encouragement of internal betrayers and ruling opposition against key interests of the majority in the party, mentioning appointments into federal offices and national offices of the party at the national convention. The group alleged that they had concrete evidence that the presidency and the national leadership collaborated with the Labour Party (LP) against the state PDP. It also stated that the national leadership of the party was engaging in open scheme to manipulate the party towards the aggrandisement of a particular candidate for 2015 elections. The group said it was in consultation with the national leadership of the new PDP.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:50:00 +0000
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