News Investigators/ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Youth League in Anambra chapter has described the call for dissolution of the State Executive Committee led by Mr Chidi Chidebe as `baseless and malicious.’
They made their position known in a statement signed by Chibuzor Obanze, the Leader of PDP Youth League and made available to journalists in Awka on Monday.
The youth said that they were solidly with the Chidebe-led SEC which was validly elected in October 2024 and reaffirmed their commitment to defending the integrity of the party and safeguarding its structures at all levels.
They blamed the campaign of calumny on two former lawmakers and a self-styled godfather whose sole mission was to undermine and destabilise the PDP in Anambra.
The group alleged that these individuals had publicly endorsed the governorship candidate of another political party in a brazen act of sabotage and anti-party against PDP, while a candidate in the last by-election traded his ticket to another party.
“We state unequivocally that this campaign of falsehood is being orchestrated by three individuals who despite parading themselves as PDP members have clearly pledged allegiance to the ruling party in Anambra.
“Similarly, somebody who was nominated by our party as the candidate for the by-election, betrayed the PDP by allegedly trading the ticket to another party even while our members were vigorously mobilising support across the district,” they said.
The PDP youth league said it was regrettable that efforts to grow the party in Anambra in the last two decades had been frustrated by such acts of betrayal and sabotage.
The group called on the NWC to act decisively in order to break the cycle of sabotage in Anambra PDP and protect it from further setbacks.
“We, therefore, call on the national chairman and the NWC to ignore the falsehoods being spread against the legitimate leadership of the party in Anambra.
“Summon these three persons for questioning and subject them to appropriate disciplinary measures in line with the party’s constitution,” the group said.
Recall that the PDP Elders Council had passed a vote of confidence on Chidebe-led Exco and called on the NWC and other organs of the party to discountenance the call for their dissolution.
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