We won’t allow hijacking of S-East PDP – Egwu

By Ugochukwu Alaribe

UMUAHIA – The nationalist vice chairman, South East zone,of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, Chief Chidibere Goodluck Egwu, has warned that immoderate effort to hijack the enactment successful the portion would beryllium resisted to guarantee that PDP wins the 2027 election.

He explained that the PDP remains the level of justice, equity, and antiauthoritarian engagement, and volition not let its structures to beryllium hijacked oregon manipulated by individuals with nary ineligible oregon motivation lasting successful the party.

Egwu stated this successful a connection helium signed with the zonal organising secretary, Hon.Mike Ahumibe, portion reacting to an alleged stakeholders’ gathering scheduled to clasp astatine the Government House,Enugu, tomorrow.

The enactment described the scheduled gathering arsenic inappropriate, unconstitutional, and of nary binding effect connected the structures of PDP successful the South East zone.

It warned that the erstwhile zonal president of the party, Chief Ali Odefa, had ceased to beryllium a subordinate of the PDP pursuing his expulsion by his ward and section authorities chapters of the enactment successful Ebonyi State.

The connection read;’The attraction of the South East Zonal enactment of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to an invitation circulating to selected stakeholders, purporting to convene a “Crucial Stakeholders Meeting” of the PDP South East Zone connected Wednesday, 17th September 2025, astatine the Lion Building, Government House, Enugu.

“The PDP South East Zone categorically states that specified a gathering is inappropriate, unconstitutional, and of nary binding effect connected the structures of our enactment successful the zone.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Constitution of our large enactment is explicit that the lone idiosyncratic empowered to convene meetings of the South East Zonal organ of the enactment is the South East Zonal vice Chairman. That bureau is duly occupied by Chief Chidiebere Goodluck, who is the recognized person of the PDP successful the South East Zone.

“It is important to clarify that Chief Ali Odefa has ceased to beryllium a subordinate of the PDP pursuing his valid expulsion by his Ward and Local Government Chapter, a determination which has since been upheld by a competent tribunal of jurisdiction.

“Consequently, immoderate effort by him oregon his proxies to summon meetings successful the sanction of the PDP South East Zone is not lone amerciable but a deliberate enactment of mischief aimed astatine misleading our members and causing avoidable confusion.

“The authentic Zonal enactment nether Chief Chidiebere Goodluck is already making indispensable arrangements, successful collaboration with associated conveners drawn from the 5 South Eastern states, to summon a genuine South East Stakeholders Meeting.

This volition beryllium duly announced, with due notice, and volition beryllium focused connected uniting our members, consolidating our structures, and strengthening our corporate resoluteness to reposition the PDP arsenic the existent dependable of Ndi Igbo wrong the Nigerian federation.”

The PDP further urged the stakeholders crossed the South East Zone to disregard the gathering of September 17th, 2025,as it is not recognized by the party’s constitution.

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