The National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, yesterday said the party complied with the directives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the conduct of the governorship congress that elected Mr. Valentine Ozigbo as the party’s candidate for the November 6 governorship election.
Secondus told Newsmen that when the party received the letter from INEC directing for compliance, a meeting of the National Working Committee was summoned and it was agreed that the congress election for the election of the governorship candidate should be based on the party’s constitution.
He said: “There are two courts of concurrent jurisdiction issuing different orders, so under the circumstances, we have to remove the list of the three-man ad-hoc delegates that is being complained of.
“The NWC also went a step further to dissolve the state executive committee with powers derived from the constitution and in the process directed the South-east zonal executive to liaise with the Governor Samuel Ortom committee to organise the congress with the automatic delegates.
“The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, issued a statement to that effect. So, we are on the safe side of the law.”
Meanwhile, leaders of PDP in Anambra State have congratulated the winner of the party’s Saturday primary election in Anambra State, Ozigbo.
The PDP leaders included a former governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi; Dr. Ifedi Okwenna, who was one of the governorship aspirants; and the party’s governorship candidate in 2017, Mr. Oseloka Obaze.
