By Myke Uzendu, Abuja
As the party prepares to conduct its governorship primary election, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Olisa Metuh has urged the leadership of the party to honour the names that emanated from the 3-man ad-hoc congresses which was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the party officials for the forthcoming governorship primaries.
Metuh who spoke with journalists at the PDP National Secretariat on Friday shortly after a meeting with the leadership of PDP, disclosed that he was happy that the Sen. Iyorchia Ayu led National Working Committee (NWC) waded into the crises that bedeviled the state which led to a successful congress only for him to develop cold feet in approving the names of the delegates for the purpose of conducting the governorship primary election.
“We had a ward Congress, Local Government Congress all recognized by NWC and backed with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) report, the only thing remaining is for the Working Committee to go ahead and conduct the state Congress and primaries for us.
“Surprisingly, and curiously, they choose to delay the process on grounds of the fact that there was an order to stop them or recognize a different faction, later, a court judgment recognized and affirmed the same list backed by INEC.
“But we have noticed the unwillingness on the part of the Working Committee and the national chairman to proceed with the process hence the need for us to go public and plead with the national chairman and the National Working Committee as the custodians of the party administration to please effect the will of the people and recognize the ward and local government Congress.
“It’s imperative that the national chairman and the National Working Committee to obey that list which is the wish of the people any other thing will mean that is a conspiracy to throw our state into a competition and uphold Godfather over the will and wishes of Anambra people”.
The party chieftain reminded the leadership of the party that Democracy belongs to the people and since the people have spoken, the party knows what the people want and should go ahead and give it to them so that they can achieve what they intended to achieve at the national convention.
“That’s why we’re pleading with the National Working Committee to come to our aid, by giving back the will of the people in Anambra state. “In this particular process, the national chairman has tried to conduct a ward and local government congress that’s basically very transparent free and fair, we pray that God gives him the courage to sustain the results that will come up with such a transparent process that is our prayer, may God give him courage to sustain it” Metuh pleaded.
