The perceived mood of harmonious
union to grow the political tenet of democracy seems to have eluded the Anambra state People’s
Democratic Party state congress , where two
major aged contending factions of the party produced different state executives
in the congress.
The state PDP’s has been bedeviled with conflict of interest of the major stakeholders, who persistently assumed the
control of the state structure at the expense of a considerable growth of the
party to win future elections in the state.
Chris Uba Led Faction
The May 10 PDP state
congress as espoused by the National Executive Committee of the party time table,
mandating states in the country to conduct free congress from the ward to the
state level, but
Anambra position of internal democracy was a departure of the national
executive stands, where the state congresses from ward level to the state had
differently produced separate state executives in a parallel congresses.
The Chief Chris Uba led faction held
its state congress at the Emmaus House Cathedral in Awka, returned Barrister
Ejike Ogbuebego and his state executives unopposed, also in a parallel exercise held simultaneously at
Marble Arch Hotel Awka, the senator Andy Uba led faction, who incidentally the
brother to Chief Chris Uba also returned Chief Ken Emeakhaye and his state
excos as chairman and his executives respectively.
Speaking with the PDP NEC
member, commissioned to conduct the parallel congress of Chief Chris Uba ‘s led
faction, Alhaji Abubakar Mallam expressed disappointment in the demeanor of the
chairman of the committee disappearance in the middle of their journey to
conduct the exercise in Anambra, only to be aware that another faction of the
PDP in the state had hijacked them to conduct a parallel exercise for the party
in the state.
Buoyed with optimism that his congress
has the blessing of PDP NEC that commissioned them to conduct the congress in
Anambra state.
In an interview with PDP stakeholders
in the Chief Chris Uba led faction,
senator Anme Okonkwo and Honorable John Emeka condemned in strong terms the
position of perceived hijack of congress
committee members commissioned by PDP NEC to conduct state congress in that
state by some PDP stakeholders in the state, but assured that the position of the party constitution was followed, as observed in
their conduct of the congress,. He sited the supreme court judgement which affirmed that dew process
of the law of the party should be followed to produce any party executives
Also speaking to authenticate their stand on the congress held, Chief Chris Uba out rightly dissociated himself from the position of having a parallel congress in the
state, he denied the knowledge that another faction was conducting another
congress simultaneously, aside the authentic congress committee sent from Abuja
to conducted state congress in Anambra state.
Speaking shortly after the exercise
that returned Chief Ken Emeakhaye and his state PDP led excos, the senator representative Anambra North and South of the
national Assembly, senator Andy Uba and
senator Stella Oduah affirmed the constitutional stand of the PDP which
mandating the chairman and secretary that were assigned to conduct state congress,
which they have conducted and produced new state officials to pilot the affairs
of the party ahead of future elections in the state.
They feign the knowledge that another
parallel congress held anywhere in the state but explained the position of the
party constitution which according to them is supreme to any individual
manipulation with the hope to drag the party behind.
The senators assured the people that
PDP was ready to restructure its home front to win governorship election come
2017 and other future elections in the
state.
However, Anambra state PDP has again
produced parallel state executives, leaving room forum unending litigation which has been
the major challenge impeding the growth of the party in the state, concerned
stakeholders however called on the National Executive Committee of the party to speedily intervene to restructure and make a
pronouncement on which of the congresses is authentic.
Senator Andy Uba & Senator Stella Oduah
Congress Boxes
Barrister Ogbuebego
Mallla Abubakar
Congress Committee Members
Senator Stella Oduah
Factional Congress Committee Mmebers
Congress Ground
Congress Hall
Congress Ground II
Congress Hall II
