By Barr Kingsley Anokwute (Basa)
It is very worrisome, suspicious and unethical for the leadership of PDP in Imo State under Chief Charles Ugwuh to defend Emeka Ihedioha in serious issues bordering on Corruption, Letter to Attorney General of the Federation over Mazi Nnamdi Keanu’s release and threat to sustain the insecurity in the state respectively.
In a well structured political party, members of the Working Committee try to be neutral and only interested in matters affecting the party rather than, individual.
We should understand that Emeka Ihedioha is an ordinary member of the party the same way others are, and if the Charles Ugwuh’s led SWC is speaking for Emeka Ihedioha, that means that they have taken side with an aspirant, contrary to the constitution of PDP.
When one Ikenga Ugochinyere insulted the National Secretary of PDP, what did the Charles Ugwuh’s led SWC do to caution him? Has Ugwuh led Imo PDP ever issued any press release condemning the myriads of unprovoked media attacks against the National Secretary of the party before, during and after the party’s primaries? The answer is NO!
What of the attacks against Elezianya, Okwulonu, Onyeriri, Ozuruigbo by some party members and outsiders, what did Ugwuh led SWC do to protect the party’s candidates having suddenly resorted to speaking for Ihedioha?
Also, the same state working committee speaking for Emeka Ihedioha today spoke against the National Secretary of the party when issues of payment of backlog of salaries was made open.
The question is, what is more special about an ordinary member of PDP like Ihedioha than a man occupying the second most powerful position in PDP?
The question from Analysts is; is Ugwuh led SWC the Governorship Campaign Council of Emeka Ihedioha, speaking on his behalf or an unbiased party officers responsible for the party and its members?
A cursory look at Ihedioha reveals that he neither occupies any office in PDP nor more PDP than others to warrant the leadership of the party under Charles Ugwuh to speak as his personal media handlers.
No doubt, Emeka Ihedioha has a Media Aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu and other new media handlers, but it therefore smacks of ignorance and administrative ineptitude for a formidable party like PDP under Chief Ugwuh to continue to embarrass themselves by speaking on behalf of an individual while leaving other party activities in abeyance.
Retrospectively, some bigwigs of PDP in the state before and currently, Mike Ahamba (SAN), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Senator Chris Anyanwu, Chief Achike Udenwa, Ikedi Ohakim, Ada Okwuonu and Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu etc, have had one issue or the other in the past without the leadership of PDP in the state speaking for them. They spoke for themselves as individuals.
But in the case of Ihedioha, Charles Ugwuh and his inexperienced State Working Committee are busy issuing counter press releases when the accused person, Ihedioha has not come out to say yes or no to the allegations.
It therefore becomes a deliberate mischief making and lack of understanding or mastery of their functions as a party, for Chief Ugwuh and his colleagues to be interested in personal issues concerning Emeka Ihedioha when the later has recruited staff to speak for him.
Recently, the National Chairman of PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu was accused of collecting N1 billion and N100 million respectively by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, the National Chairman did not asked the party’s National Publicity Secretary to speak for him, rather he allowed his Media Adviser to speak for him.
This shows that Iyorchia Ayu understands the workings of the party, and that PDP is different from him, while Chief Ugwuh does not understand the separation between PDP and Ihedioha or other members.
A matter of serious concern like threat to sustain the ongoing killings in the state, siphoning of a whooping sum of over N19.5 billion and call for the continued detention of Mazi Kanu by Emeka Ihedioha should not be swept under the carpet. Ugwuh at his level in life, should have known that Ihedioha is different from PDP, and so, the party cannot Speaker for him.
Charles Ugwuh and his cohorts should have allowed the security agents or agencies to do their job and also allow Ihedioha to speak for himself before dabbling into the mater.
For dragging the party into a personal issues affecting an individual as Ihedioha is an indication that Ugwuh and his executive do not know the reason why they were elected. It therefore shows that Ugwuh and cohorts are only acting a script of one man while holding power on trust for PDP members in Imo state.
Ugwuh’s led Imo PDP is a big disgrace to our modern day politicking. He should allow Ihedioha’s media handlers to do their works rather than trying to show that he is a good “boy” to Ihedioha.
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