The bickering affecting the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has been resolved following the emergence of a new leadership at the weekend.
The congress was attended by the former Governor of the State, Dr. Sam Egwu, the South East Zonal Vice Chairman of the party, Chief Ali Odefa, and other stakeholders of the party in the state.
Addressing the party shortly after the congress, the newly elected Chairman of the Party, Mr. Nwele Peter said that the party will start bringing those that left the party back to form a formidable force to take over the state in 2027. He said the state has been a PDP state and that the party will bounce back in 2027.
The Congress, which was held at the state secretariat of the party, was supervised by the 7-man committee from the National secretariat of the party (NWC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies.
“Ebonyi State is PDP right from time and it will continue to be in PDP. People say that there is crisis in PDP, there is no crisis in the party.
“The only thing we want to do now is to embark on bringing those who left the party back. PDP is a very large family that will accommodate all of us. So, we are ready to start bringing everyone back home. We are for forgiveness, we make peace for people to come back home so that so we take back our lost mandate”, he stated.
Ugonna Ogbonna, Chairman of the Congress committee, described the exercise as peace and transparent and commended members of the party for conducting themselves orderly.
On his part, the National Vice Chairman, South East of the party, Chief Ali Odefa said the enthusiasm and love for PDP in the state and the country in general was still very strong. He said that the party was putting in things together to wrestle power from APC in 2027 which he described as opposition party.
He dismissed any crisis in the party saying, “there has been total reconciliation, the NWC is one, we are one”. He implored the new executives of the party in the state to embark on total reconciliation, rebuilding the party and reconcile every interest.
