Secondus Raises Alarm Over ‘Plot To Hijack PDP’

As mass resignation rocks the National Executive Committee of
the Peoples Democratic Party, the media office of the National
Chairman of the opposition party, Uche Secondus, has raised the
alarm that a “strong party chieftain” is bent on hijacking the
party structure.

Secondus’ Special Adviser on Media, Ike Abonyi, made this known
in a statement on Wednesday titled, ‘Who is after Secondus and why
is somebody in love of caretaker?’

The allegation against a faceless “strong chieftain” of the PDP
is coming amid the fresh crisis that hit the party as seven members
of its NEC resigned from their offices on Tuesday.

The seven officers who resigned were Deputy National Publicity
Secretary, Diran Odeyemi; Deputy National Legal Adviser, Ahmed
Liman; Deputy Women Leader, Umoru Hadizat; Deputy Auditor, Divine
Arong; Deputy National Organising Secretary, Hassan Yakubu; Deputy
Financial Secretary, Irona Alphonsus and one other whose identity
was not known.

In their separate resignation letters, the party officials cited
“bad treatment” by the PDP National Chairman as the reason for
their action.
But reacting in the statement through his media office, Secondus
wondered “why few months to National Convention of the party,
somebody is routing for a Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of
the party.”

The statement read, “The media office of the National Chairman
is privy to intelligence that the strong party chieftain bent on
hijacking the party structure for destruction is still on the loose
with the main agenda of denting the image of Prince Uche Secondus
the National Chairman.

“Reports reaching this office shows clearly that this character
is deploying all devious means to try and diminish the person and
character of the National Chairman with a view to having his way of
ultimately hijacking the structure for his disproportionately large
ambition.

“We, therefore, wish to alert the general public particularly
media houses and party stakeholders to look out for strange
deployment of luring gifts from this destructive ‘Father Christmas’
all aimed at having a grip on the soul of our party by having a
caretaker Committee.

“What continues to shock many party observers is the real reason
behind the desperation of this man to get at the National Chairman
and the quantum of public funds being expended to achieve this
illicit goal a few months to the National Convention.

“Few months to National Convention anybody who means well for
this party and who is a true democrat should respect the
constitution of the party and approach issues dispassionately.

“Prince Secondus through the media office however wishes to
assure all critical stakeholders of our great party that every
reasonable step is being taken to ensure that the image and status
of the party are not injured by all these needless noise and
scheming by desperadoes.”

As mass resignation rocks the National Executive Committee of
the Peoples Democratic Party, the media office of the National
Chairman of the opposition party, Uche Secondus, has raised the
alarm that a “strong party chieftain” is bent on hijacking the
party structure.

Secondus’ Special Adviser on Media, Ike Abonyi, made this known
in a statement on Wednesday titled, ‘Who is after Secondus and why
is somebody in love of caretaker?’

The allegation against a faceless “strong chieftain” of the PDP
is coming amid the fresh crisis that hit the party as seven members
of its NEC resigned from their offices on Tuesday.

The seven officers who resigned were Deputy National Publicity
Secretary, Diran Odeyemi; Deputy National Legal Adviser, Ahmed
Liman; Deputy Women Leader, Umoru Hadizat; Deputy Auditor, Divine
Arong; Deputy National Organising Secretary, Hassan Yakubu; Deputy
Financial Secretary, Irona Alphonsus and one other whose identity
was not known.

In their separate resignation letters, the party officials cited
“bad treatment” by the PDP National Chairman as the reason for
their action.
But reacting in the statement through his media office, Secondus
wondered “why few months to National Convention of the party,
somebody is routing for a Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of
the party.”

The statement read, “The media office of the National Chairman
is privy to intelligence that the strong party chieftain bent on
hijacking the party structure for destruction is still on the loose
with the main agenda of denting the image of Prince Uche Secondus
the National Chairman.

“Reports reaching this office shows clearly that this character
is deploying all devious means to try and diminish the person and
character of the National Chairman with a view to having his way of
ultimately hijacking the structure for his disproportionately large
ambition.

“We, therefore, wish to alert the general public particularly
media houses and party stakeholders to look out for strange
deployment of luring gifts from this destructive ‘Father Christmas’
all aimed at having a grip on the soul of our party by having a
caretaker Committee.

“What continues to shock many party observers is the real reason
behind the desperation of this man to get at the National Chairman
and the quantum of public funds being expended to achieve this
illicit goal a few months to the National Convention.

“Few months to National Convention anybody who means well for
this party and who is a true democrat should respect the
constitution of the party and approach issues dispassionately.

“Prince Secondus through the media office however wishes to
assure all critical stakeholders of our great party that every
reasonable step is being taken to ensure that the image and status
of the party are not injured by all these needless noise and
scheming by desperadoes.”