Abakaliki, Nigeria – The Ebonyi chapter of the People Democratic Party (PDP) has appealed to the National Working Committee to wade into the leadership crisis rocking the chapter.
Stakeholders of the party in the state have called to question the leadership style of the Caretaker Committee Chairman, Barr Steve Oruruo.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abakaliki on Monday by Barr Pascal Ukwuani, the Party’s Caretaker committee Secretary, on behalf of other members.
According to Ukwuani, “The attention of the Caretaker Working Committee of Ebonyi of PDP has been drawn to an online publication by Barr Steve Oruruo, the Caretaker Chairman of the party in the state, saying he has united the party factions in Ebonyi.”
He said “The caretaker committee wants to make it categorically clear that the publication is misleading and false.
“A meeting held in Enugu on 14 July, 2024, at which Oruruo claims to have united the different interests in the party didn’t achieve any result as members in attendance staged a walkout, leaving behind only Oruruo, Ali Odefa and their security guards in the hall.
“For the records, the meeting ended in a fiasco just like previous meetings since the inauguration of Oruruo as chairman.”
Attempts to get Oruruo to respond to the allegations proved abortive as he has not been returning his phone calls.
