*NEC meets September 9 for approval of zoning of offices, convention committeesThe 92nd National Executive Committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party took place yesterday in the absence of the National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus.NEC, however, asked the six-man committee headed by the former Senate President, Senator David Mark to meet with stakeholders to resolve the matter.
Secondus, however, clarified last night that he has not resigned from his position but was only obeying court order.A Rivers State High Court had restrained Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party.But few hours after returning to his desk, a Cross River High Court stopped him from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party and also restrained him from presiding over the NEC meeting that took place yesterday.
Briefing journalists after yesterday’s NEC meeting, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said, “NEC has resolved that Abuja will be the venue of the PDP National Elective Convention slated for October 31, 2021. He said that NEC urged members to continue to make personal sacrifices in the overall interest of the party while commending the PDP governors’ effort in inaugurating landmark projects in all states of the federation where the party has been handed over the responsibility of government.
Also, he said that NEC condemned the media gagging and the attempt by the APC and President Buhari’s government to promote obnoxious laws against the freedom of speech as well as media practice in Nigeria. “Concerning the issues of the moment, challenges, disputes, and disagreements are part of life, and indeed, politics. But what is important is how they are resolved. We have activated all mechanisms that we have in PDP, to resolve all of our issues. And as the chairman of PDP said, I concur.
“As we were coming yesterday, I think we’ve seen from the news that there were alternate chairman, deputies, and all that. But today, I think it’s clear to everyone that PDP is one and we’re moving forward. I want to thank our chairman of the governor’s forum for assuring us that PDP will take over the government in 2023. Nigerians are looking for us.
“We are being taken aback by the APC government and we have shown to Nigerians that, when we are trusted again, we will do even much better than we had done before,” Atiku said.Meanwhile, Secondus last night debunked rumours making the rounds that he had resigned from his position.
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