Enugu: Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State says he fully stands by the position of the National Working Committee (NWC), the South East Zonal Executive Committee, and the Board of Trustees (BOT) on the PDP crisis.
Mbah made his position known to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, the Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Sen. Adolphus Wabara; and the South East Zonal Chairman of the party, Chief Ali Odefa, among others in Enugu on Sunday.
The governor expressed support for the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for June 30.
He said that while he was still a member of the PDP, he was “simply fed up with the shenanigans that had, more or less, made the party an endless circus.”
Mbah insisted that the position of the South-East of the PDP to review its future with the party if its stand on the issue of the National Secretary was not honoured remained sacrosanct.
“For the record, just as I stated during my interactive session with Fellows and Members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Enugu at the weekend, I am still a member of the PDP,” he said.
The governor said that the PDP South East Zone reserved the right to review its continued membership of the party if the party was unwilling to put its house in order.
According to him, that was invariably the position adopted during our last South-East Zonal meeting held here in Enugu. “During that meeting, the caucus noted that the party should not disregard the zone’s stand regarding the National Secretary position.
“This has not been the case. So, there is no doubt as to where I stand on the matter,” Mbah said.
He stated that the position of the South East concerning the National Secretary position of the party as issued in that communique was “sacrosanct.”
Other PDP chieftains in attendance at the meeting include the former National Chairman of the party and BOT member, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo; Sen. Sam Egwu; Iyom Josephine Anenih; Sen. Ben Obi; and Mr Udeh-Okoye, among others.