The real reason why the former Imo State governor and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, quit the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Imo State governorship race has been revealed. INDEPENDENT reports.
Stating this on Wednesday, a pressure group in the PDP, under the aegis of PDP Action 2023, identified unfair and unjust treatment meted out to Ihedioha by the leadership of the party as the real reason he abruptly quit the forthcoming party’s primaries for Imo State.Information Guide Nigeria
The PDP Action 2023, in a statement by its Chairman, Hon. (Dr.) Rufus Omeire, blamed the suspended National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, as the main culprit in the attempt to deny Imo State of a potentially good governor.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to CanadaThe group, which noted with sadness that Ayu turned a blind eye to all protestations for a fair process, added that Ihedioha apparently decided not to dignify the skewed process with his participation.
It stressed that the shocking announcement by Ihedioha that he has opted out of the race has left Imo PDP and indeed the people of Imo State despondent and helpless.JAMB Result
The group, however, contended that the only fair thing for PDP to do, at this stage, is to open the process for another credible candidate to join the race in Imo State.
The group cautioned that if this is not done, Ayu would have succeeded in killing Imo PDP the way he has put PDP national on life support.
The PDP Action 2023 stated that it is shocking that as the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, who was himself “screened” as an aspirant, later on, signed the clearance certificate of the “successful” aspirants including himself.
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The group maintained that Senator Anyanwu has a moral and legal duty to resign his office as national secretary to avoid a severe conflict of interest, saying that such is the only way to assure of a level playing field for all contestants.
In its statement, the PDP Action 2023 said, “In the first place, Rt. Hon. Ihedioha, who had been a dedicated member of PDP since 1999, was unfairly and unjustly treated by the leadership of the party.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to Canada“The National Secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, had indicated an interest in vying for the governorship primaries as he is entitled to, as an indigene of Imo State. However, as a sitting national secretary, it is only proper that he should not supervise the primaries for which he is a contestant.JAMB Portal
“It is shocking that as the National Secretary, Senator Anyanwu was himself ‘screened’ as an aspirant and later on signed the clearance certificate of the ‘successful’ aspirants including himself.
“Ihedioha, we understand, complained to political leaders about this grave violation of this elementary principle of natural justice that a man should not be a judge in his case, to no avail.NYSC Portal
“Indeed, allowing Sen. Anyanwu to supervise his election primaries cannot stand legal or moral scrutiny by any fair-minded person.
“The provisions of section 47 (5) of the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party (as amended), says that: In the case of resignation to vie for an elective office, which shall be effective within the period stipulated in the guidelines issued for such elective office by National Executive Committee of the party, or the State Executive Committee in respect of Local Government elections.”