Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monitors in Imo State have uncovered plot by a former governor of the state, Chief Emeka Ihedioha and his supporters to create crisis in the party and heap the blame on the National Secretary of the PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu.
The party chieftains maintained their total rejection of Ihedioha in 2023, warning that any attempt to foist him again on the PDP in the state will be resisted.
The PDP Monitors, made up of party members, stakeholders and leaders across the state canvassed equity, justice and fairness in the party in the state ahead of the 2023 elections.
Coordinator of the group, Barr Aloy Nzeribe, said at the weekend in Owerri, the capital of Imo state that Ihedioha and supporters are busy compiling list of party members who are opposed to his third term governorship bid to be dealt with before the 2023 elections.
He added that those hired to execute the heinous act had commenced operation.
Nzeribe disclosed that, the idea behind the hounding of party members was to scare anyone opposed to his ambition away from the party in order to pave room for his cronies and stooges who almost destroyed PDP in the state.
According to him, in their bid to throw PDP into another crisis, Ihedioha has recruited hatchet writers to continuously dish out blackmailing contents against leaders of the party in order to present a picture that PDP is enmeshed in serious crisis in Imo state.
“His interest is to pitch the National Secretary, who hails from Imo state with his colleagues.”
He said that Ihedioha’s actions were unconnected with the unbiased calls by party members and leaders to jettison his third term governorship ambition, pointing out that his desperation was capable of making PDP lose elections in 2023.
The Coordinator expressed dismay how Ihedioha failed in 2015 and 2019 after he was elected governor, and wondered the magic he would adopt again to defeat the APC government having lost two times.
He suggested the need to present a fresh candidate that can unify members if the PDP was sincerely ready to oust the
