…Says Akwa Ibom PDP Excos Being Controlled By Gov Umo
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said former President Goodluck Jonathan is still a member of the party.
Ologunagba made this known on Thursday while responding to questions in an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.
“Goodluck Jonathan is still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He has not resigned.
“There are two ways to leave a party. Either you resign or you are removed. But till date, Jonathan has not done any of these.
“He’s a member of the party and we expect him to be at the PDP convention coming forth in Ibadan, Oyo State,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Ologunagba, has explained why the opposition party dissolved its executives in Akwa Ibom State.
Akwa Ibom State had been under the control of the PDP since the return of civil rule in the country in 1999. The party however lost its grip following the defection of the state governor, Pastor Umo Eno on June 6.
Eno became the second PDP governor in South-South region, after Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, to join the APC in less than two months.
Four months after the governor’s defection, party decided to dissolve its excos in Akwa Ibom State.
“In Akwa Ibom State, the governor has left. We have noticed at the National Working Committee and party level that there seem not to be a difference between the members of the executives in that state and their alignment with the All Progressives Congress,” he stated.
“Section 10, sub section 6 of this Constitution says, ‘No member of the party shall align with other parties or groups to undermine the party or any of its selected government. It is an anathema that you will belong to two parties at the same time.
“We believe the Akwa Ibom executives are being controlled by the governor who has gone to the APC. The governor said on tape that he will be in charge of the two parties.”