Imo PDP Debunks Rumoured Crisis, Says Campaign Council Composition Followed Due Process

The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come out to debunk rumours making rounds that the party was in crisis in the state due to disagreements arising from the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in the state.

According to the Imo PDP, there isn’t any form of crisis whatsoever in the party caused primarily by some non-existent shortcomings with the PCC list as rumoured in certain quarters.

Naija News reports that the PDP in the state noted that the clarification has become necessary because of insinuations that are contrary and far from the truth.

The reaction follows an alleged report by the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state claiming the leadership of PDP in Imo was desperate.

The APC’s alleged report also stated that armed thugs invaded the venue for the inauguration of the state presidential campaign council leaving members with various degrees of injuries as they scampered for safety.

Naija News, however, learnt that the reaction of the PDP in Imo as contained in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozo, said all the guidelines, processes and procedures laid down for the composition of the 2023 PCC and Campaign Management Committee were strictly adhered to in the state.

The Imo PDP submitted that “It is also important to state in clear terms that no single name was removed from the list already approved by the Presidential Campaign Organization for Imo State. Any insinuation to the contrary is very far from the truth.

“There is, therefore, no crisis of any form or shape in Imo State PDP arising from the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council. What needs to be noted is that, while constituting the Presidential Campaign Council, all stakeholders were duly consulted and all interests were fully accommodated. Further, the guidelines released by the Presidential Campaign Organization in Abuja clearly defined the requisite qualifications for every role or position in the Campaign Council.

” In a PDP-governed State, the Chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council is the Governor of the State, while in a non-PDP State, the governorship candidate of the party is the Chairman. In the absence of a governorship candidate, the chairman is either the former PDP governor or [the] immediate past PDP governorship candidate in the state. This is explicit.

“For Imo State, the chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council, His Excellency the Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, CON, is both the former governor of the state and the last governorship candidate of the party. This cannot be contested.

“Finally, on the strength of the written authorization granted by the Presidential Campaign Organization for the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign Council and Campaign Management Committee in Imo State, the inauguration, as earlier announced, holds on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at the state secretariat of the party in Owerri.”

This article was originally published on Naija News