One of the seven national officers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who tendered his resignation has accused the National Working Committee (NWC) under Uche Secondus of sidelining them.
It was reported that their resignation followed a long-standing sour relationship with Secondus.
One of the officers who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “incapacity and bad treatment” exhibited by Secondus were responsible for their action.
“The national chairman of PDP is not competent to manage the affairs of the party. He lacks the managerial capacity to manage PDP,” he said.
Another officer said since they were elected in 2017, the deputy national officers only met three times with Secondus.
“It is not as if he called us; on those three occasions, we sought audience with him and the most annoying part is that during Christmas and Sallah festivities, the NWC would visit our governors. They would collect money and other items but I can tell you that they don’t share anything with the deputies.”
“To him, we are just a necessary evil to be tolerated but never to be catered for. We all have our constituencies and our followers but from the way we are being treated, it appears they see us as nothing but appendages forced on them by the party’s constitution,” he said.
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Diran Odeyemi, who is Chairman of the deputy national officers of the party, confirmed their resignation last night.
He explained that the NWC members who resigned met with Secondus Tuesday.
He added that Secondus and the national officers who resigned were still holding talks and would continue to talk until all contentious issues were resolved in the interest of the party.
Odeyemi said, “I align myself with the decision of other deputies. I am their chairman, I am in London now, but I align with the decision of my colleagues. They met with Secondus today (yesterday) and talks continue.”
Multiple sources at the PDP national secretariat said, last night that more aggrieved members of the NWC would resign while some were planning to leave the party.
