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No plans to sack Secondus, says PDP
By Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed media reports members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) were calling for removal of the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.
In an interactive session with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the spokesman for the PDP, Koal Ologbondiyan, said there were no such attempts to sack Secondus, adding that the NWC remained united and indivisible.
Ologbondiyan said: “We have a responsibility to move the party forward so we have no issue with our national chairman. You will agree with me that if there is any kind of issue, the environment will not be the same.
“It is the All Progressives Congress (APC) that is seeking to divide the PDP. But one assurance I will give is that the NWC is united. There is no rancour and we are working on how to deliver the party in the 2023 general elections.”
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Also on Wednesday, chairman for the PDP reconciliation committee, Dr Bukola Saraki and members of the committee met with the party’s former governors in Abuja.
Describing the meeting as part of consultations aimed at strengthening the PDP, Saraki, who spoke with journalists after the meeting, said the ex- Governors are key stakeholders in the party.
Saraki said: “There is no way we can talk about consultations and unity of the party without consulting them. We have been here for two to three hours. It was a useful and productive meeting.
“They have all shown their commitment towards the party to go and strengthen our party in their states and the national level to ensure that the party is well prepared towards the next elections ahead of us in 2023 and also to bring about the areas of grievances, which is normal in any party, as leaders to help us unify and bring people together where there are problems and issues”.
The former Senate President added the purpose of meeting the ex- Governors was to get them more involved in the activities of the party and to give them a sense of belonging.
