Unhappy with the cancellation of the ad-hoc delegates for the Ward
Congresses in Kogi State, Governor Idris Wada, on Thursday stormed
out of the party national secretariat, Abuja shortly after meeting with
the Acting National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus.
Wada, who arrived at the party secretariat early in the morning to have
a meeting the National Working Committee members, was kept waiting
for hours.
NWC had on Wednesday announced that “after a careful review of the
reports of the Congress Committee and Appeal Committee in respect of
the three-man Ad hoc Delegates Ward Congresses in Kogi State of 27th
June 2015 decided to cancel the exercise.”
According to the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh,
“the participation of a ‘Local Organising Committee’ which is unknown
to the constitution of the party and the guidelines marred the
congresses.
“Consequently, a new three-man Adhoc Delegates Ward Congresses
would commence on the 14th of July 2015.”
But believing that he could still make the party changed its position on
the issue, the governor came to have a meeting with the NWC to
change the position so he could be in control of the party structure
ahead of the state congress coming up towards the end of July.
But a member of the NWC, who spoke with our correspondent on
condition of anonymity, said the party had learnt from its past
mistakes.
He said, “We have been adopting undemocratic procedures before on
issues like this and that has forced several top members of the PDP to
defect to All Progressives Congress, which led to the defeat we suffered
across the nation during the last general elections. We have learnt from
that.”
It was gathered that even after he met the acting Chairman, he was
pointedly told that the days of impunity were over.
A member of the NWC said, “The governor got more than he bargained
for. He wanted to get the party to reverse itself but he was told that the
era was over.
An angry Wada stormed out of the office but was left speechless as he
remained in his car for over 20 minutes before he left.
He refused to speak with journalists before leaving.
