Former national auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ray
Nnaji, yesterday, lamented the state of affairs in Enugu State chapter
of the party and declared his resolve to reclaim his position as its
chairman in the state.Nnaji told newsmen in Enugu yesterday, that he
would return to court to re-open the legal issue over the authentic
chairman of the party in the state.
He expressed worry that rather than submit to the tenets of the
party, certain officials, who were not part of the formation had carried
on as if they were above the party.
Nnaji, who recalled how he emerged the state chairman of the party after its congress in 2008, vowed to reopen the matter to ease out the incumbent administration, which he said was part of the problems of the party.
“I had to concede my position as chairman to Vita Abba on certain conditions, which have not been met and I am now going back to reclaim that position so that the correct thing can be done. We have to correct terrible things happening in our party. These are people, who do not know when this party was formed, who did not contribute to the party and now want to destroy the party; we will not allow them to do so.”
He alleged a grand plan by certain persons at the state leadership of the party to play into the hands of the opposition, warning that the success of the ongoing impeachment against the deputy governor could create crisis that would work against the party in the coming elections.
He accused the Vita Abba-led state executive of allowing itself to be used to destabilise the party from what he described as, playing rubber stamp of the state government.
His words: “What is happening to Sunday Onyebuchi is not good for this party. We should not allow certain things happening now to have negative effect on the party in the forthcoming elections. The peace we have in the party is the peace of the graveyard and it will explode any moment from now.
“The problem is that PDP has been turned into a one man affair, who decides what to do at his own time. The state executive has become the rubber stamp of the government.
A party, where a deputy governor is being impeached and was never discussed by the party before you started the process. If the ongoing process succeeds, it is going to give room for a lot of problems and misgivings, bitterness and rancour and by the time we allow it to get to that level it will be difficult to handle.
Nnaji, who recalled how he emerged the state chairman of the party after its congress in 2008, vowed to reopen the matter to ease out the incumbent administration, which he said was part of the problems of the party.
“I had to concede my position as chairman to Vita Abba on certain conditions, which have not been met and I am now going back to reclaim that position so that the correct thing can be done. We have to correct terrible things happening in our party. These are people, who do not know when this party was formed, who did not contribute to the party and now want to destroy the party; we will not allow them to do so.”
He alleged a grand plan by certain persons at the state leadership of the party to play into the hands of the opposition, warning that the success of the ongoing impeachment against the deputy governor could create crisis that would work against the party in the coming elections.
He accused the Vita Abba-led state executive of allowing itself to be used to destabilise the party from what he described as, playing rubber stamp of the state government.
His words: “What is happening to Sunday Onyebuchi is not good for this party. We should not allow certain things happening now to have negative effect on the party in the forthcoming elections. The peace we have in the party is the peace of the graveyard and it will explode any moment from now.
“The problem is that PDP has been turned into a one man affair, who decides what to do at his own time. The state executive has become the rubber stamp of the government.
A party, where a deputy governor is being impeached and was never discussed by the party before you started the process. If the ongoing process succeeds, it is going to give room for a lot of problems and misgivings, bitterness and rancour and by the time we allow it to get to that level it will be difficult to handle.
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