Before the 2019 general elections, precisely the governorship poll, Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was almost a shadow of itself
as most top shots had deserted the party. This was due largely to the dominance of Governor Rochas Okorocha of All Progressives Congress . Okorocha’s oratory and political manipulation helped him gather politicians of disparate hues to his fold, particularly those considered to belong to the political family of ‘Any Government in Power’ .
Ihedioha would hold sway in Imo State as the elected governor for seven months and two weeks , when the Supreme Court surprisingly sacked him and declared Senator Hope Uzodimma as the duly elected governor of the state. The development saddened lovers of Ihedioha and residents of Owerri metropolis, who wore long faces on the day Ihedioha was relieved of his post. Protests on the streets of Owerri also followed his ouster.
Not too long after, the Publicity Secretary of the party, Damian Oparah, also resigned his position, citing alleged lack of internal democracy in PDP as he witnessed in the ward congresses. Oparah and other state executive committee members, who resigned from PDP, later decamped to the APC. Nature, they say, abhors vacuum; the party’s leadership quickly appointed the former Special Assistant to then Governor Ihedioha, Ogubundu Nwadike as acting Publicity Secretary of the party to replace Oparah.
The statement further reads: “The State Executive Committee has approved the composition of a State Disciplinary Committee as provided for by section 57 and of the party’s constitution.” Chairman of the Committee is Sir Bon Unachukwu while members include Hon. Oliver Enwerenem, Nze Law Biaduo, Mr. Nkiru Ibekwe, Mr. Ogubundu Nwadike, Mr. Josiah Eze, and Mr. Kissinger Ikeokwu. The statement said the appointments took effect immediately.
In his response, the chairman of the panel, who was in Ihedioha’s cabinet as Commissioner for Lands, Unachukwu, said they would justify the confidence reposed in them by the leadership of the party through the appointment. He said though the party was witnessing challenges, the panel would contribute its quota in rebuilding it to public confidence and wooing former members to return to the fold.
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