A group known and prominent for it’s proactive advocacy and activism in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Concerned PDP League (CPDPL), has demanded for the immediate resignation of the board of trustees acting chairman and former Senate President, Sen. Adolphus Wabara for misleading party faithfuls and Nigerians over the national secretary position of the party.
The group’s call and condemnation was communicated in a viral video by it’s national leader comrade Daboikiabo Z Warmate.
It also condemned a statement credited to a former spokesperson of the defunct PDP presidential campaign council, Mr. Daniel Bwala, that PDP is collapsing and will soon implode.
The national leader of the group in the video said it’s demand for the resignation of the BoT Chairman was due to his deliberate disregard and subversion of section 47(5) of the party 2017 constitution as amended, biased and ill intended letter to the Acting National Chairman, which they claim didn’t emanate from any meeting of the BoT, over who is the authentic national secretary of the main opposition party which is now the subject of a tussle between the substantive occupant Senator Samuel Anyanwu and Hon. S. K. E Udeh-Okeye.”
“Our investigation revealed that, the letter the Acting BoT Chairman wrote to the Acting National Chairman as an interested party was personal and doesn’t have the mandate of the BoT Members, If as claimed by the BoT Acting Chairman it’s a resolution of the BoT for him to write to the Acting National Chairman over the national secretaryship then, he should present the minutes of that meeting and reference it forthwith.
“How would’ve the BoT Chairman gotten the mandate of it’s members when the last time they met was in September 14th, 2023, exactly a month and six days before this issue started and the South East caucus meeting in October 20th, 2023, to nominate someone in to an office that was not vacant ab initio because sen. Anyanwu didn’t resign, and that led to court cases and counter cases which the BoT Chairman biasedly and lopsidedly sighted in his letter,” Comrade Warmate queried.
The letter further read; “For the avoidance of doubt let me with your permission party faithfuls read section 47(5) of our constitution; “Any officer elected into the executive committee of the party at any level MAY resign his or her office by giving a 30-day notice in writing to the appropriate executive committee, except in the case of resignation for the purpose of vying for an elective office which shall be effective within the period stipulated in the guideline issued for such elective office by the National Executive Committee of the party or the State Executive Committee in respect to local government elections.
“The use of the word “may”, thus, is descretional and the occupant is not mandated to resign. Therefore, the issue of resignation before contesting election in this case and in line with section 47 (5) is based on morality and not constitutionality, and you can’t force him to be moral.”
Furthermore, the group claims that, the actions of the South East caucus and the BoT Chairman’s letter has misled many knowingly or unknowingly and amongst them are the following; 1. The twenty five (25) former members of the Rivers state house of Assembly who lost their seats in consonance with section 109(g) of 1999 Nigeria constitution, after decamping gave the reason that, the party is in crisis which is false because, there’s scramble for the national secretary position 2. That it made a former spokesperson of the defunct PDP presidential campaign council, Mr. Daniel Bwala, to claim that, PDP is collapsing and will soon implode 3. It also misled the governor of Oyo state in to believe the unconstitutional nominations of Sunday udeh-okoye and many party faithfuls and Nigerians.”
“The letter and actions of the BoT Acting Chairman constitute a threat to the on going reconciliation and peace process, unity and progress in the party and as such should be condemned by well meaning members and well wishes of the party by supporting the call for his resignation because, the problem with our great party are leaders who play politics with out principles and are self centered.”
In the same vain, the group blasted Bwala, who incurred the rot of Concerned PDP League (CPDPL) for claiming that, PDP is collapsing and will soon implode.
The national leader said, “Bwala is a shameless and principle less politicians who was on Sabbatical leave in PDP and at the slightest opportunity runs back to his vomit without thinking. He claimed to have left APC and Tinubu over the party’s presentation of a Muslim Muslim ticket (presidential and vice presidential candidate both Muslims) but now that it’s even worse that not only the president and vice president are Muslims but the national chairman and secretary of the party APC are also Muslims, decides to support president Tinubu who he claimed motivated. The truth is that, Bwala is not motivated by anybody but is moneyvated and does not have principles.”
Comrade Warmate, further slammed Bwala by reminding him of his tweets in November 25, 2022, on the micro blogging platform Twitter now X with the handle @bwaladaniel in which Bwala said, ‘The human brain is unique and miraculous. It works and function optically 24 hours a day & 365 days a year, UNTIL YOU JOIN APC THEN IT STOPS WORKING.’ “It’s not shocking Bwala’s brain officially stopped working but what’s really shocking is that, the brain didn’t take that long to stop working.”
However, Comrade Warmate congratulated all PDP governor’s whose electoral victory were sealed by the judgements of the supreme court & urged them to focus on providing the dividend of democracy and good governance to citizens from their various states who elected them, and should be very responsible and responsive to the party PDP that gave them both the platform and privilege to be what they are today by sponsoring them. And further said, “make PDP leaders dey play, we no go gree for anybody wey no gree for us this year.”