Power
tussle among key political stakeholders in Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP overshadowed the party’s ward congress today (April 30, 2016).
Though
reports available to INNONEWS.COM indicate that party members went to the field
to vote in their choice among litany of aspirants vying for various positions
at the ward level, rumours spread like wild fire that some party chieftains enmeshed in several factions in the party
were more interested in hijacking forms
which were meant for aspirants.
In
Owerri West Local government, party members waited in vain without sighting any
party official to conduct the congress.
According to some party members, they assembled as early as 9 am defying
the monthly sanitation exercise held across the State to show up for the
congress all to no avail.
The
scenario was the same in some areas as party members waited for long
hours for the congress.An unconfirmed report said most of the party bigwigs
converged at the State party secretariat and were desperate to cart away the
forms.
There were reports that most of leaders of many factions in the party were more interested in writing names of party executives rather than head to the field.
However,
another report from Orlu area said the congress went on. There was no independent confirmation
of this claim. In most of the local
governments in the State, harmonization was said o have been carried out despite strong proclamation by the party leadership that only a free congress will be accepted.
Our
reporter made several efforts to speak to the State Caretaker Committee
Chairman, Vitalis Okafor on the matter but was unsuccessful. The party is expected to issue a
statement on the congress which was an exercise that was incoherent as it
became clear that most of the party leaders in Imo PPP are bent on writing
names of ward executive members in areas they control rather than a free and credible
congress where the votes of party members will count.
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