Seven members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have resigned from office.
Among the PDP officers that resigned are Diran Odeyemi, Deputy National Publicity Secretary; Ahmed Bello, Deputy National Legal Adviser; Umoru Hadizat, Deputy National Women Leader; Divine Amina Arong, Deputy National Auditor; Hassan Yakubu, Deputy National Organizing Secretary; and Irona Alphonsus, Deputy National Financial Secretary.
One of the national officers who tendered his resignation told journalists that, “My brother, since our election in 2017, we (deputy national officers) have only met with our chairman, Prince Uche Secondus thrice. It is not as if he called us on those three occasions, we sought audience with him.
“The most annoying part is that during Christmas and Sallah festivities, the NWC would visit our governors. They would collect money and other items but I can tell you that they don’t share anything with the deputies. To him, we are just a necessary evil to be tolerated but never to be catered for. We all have our constituencies and our followers but from the way we are being treated, it appears they see us as nothing but appendages forced on them by the party’s constitution”.
Also addressing newsmen in Abuja, the party Youth Leader, Hon. Udeh Okoye, confirmed the resignation of seven party national officers and called for the resignation of the party National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.
Okoye described Secondus as a selfish Chairman who cares only about how to enrich himself.
He disclosed that majority of the NWC members are ready to resign in few days, if Secondus failed to step aside.