One of the candidates for the national chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, has said his first major assignment if he assumes the leadership of the party would be to demand all the reports on reconciliation that has to do with internal re-organisation of the party.
Dokpesi made this known in a statement issued by his media aide, Omor Bazuaye, after being endorsed by leaders of the party in Osun State.
He said he would treat with seriousness the issue of “rebranding the party, reforming and re-inventing it for better future for the party”.
Dokpesi denied any rancour within the party.
He said what exists are pockets of “disgruntled people” trying to use institutions such as the courts or the media to derail the wishes of the people.
He said such antics would not stand.
Dokpesi said majority of PDP members continue to recognise the Senator Ahmed Markafi-led caretaker committee, which is to hold a National Convention on August 17 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for the election of new national executives for the party.
He currently carries the burden of alleged corruption leveled against him by the Federal Government,which he has consistently criticised for inept leadership.
Asked how he still finds the inner will to go round the country on a tour despite the allegations dangling around his neck, Dokpesi said under President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria suddenly returned to the dark era of 1983 when he ruled as a military man.
He said similar persecutions, harassment and intimidation of politicians became the order of the day.
He said: “You talk of court case hanging on my neck, court case, court case, where is my neck?
“In 1983, we saw it very clearly.
“The same thing happened.
“General Buhari came in as head of state and arrested every politician, locked them up, sentenced them, 200 years, 100 years, tried or untried.”
On the issue of his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Dopes said: “If you go to a hotel with your friend and you go to the reception to say I want a room and then you’re given a room and you pay your room rate and then they come back and arrest the hotelier, they say the money you collected for this thing oh it is illegal money.
“Oh illegal money coming from CBN.”
Dokpesi however waved off the allegations against, expressing confidence that he would have his day in court.
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