More Cracks In Rivers PDP

The cracks within the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers State chapter, appears to be getting wider by the day as some chieftains and elders of the party have accused the state party chairman, Mr Felix Obuah of attempt to sell the party’s governorship candidature to the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesome Wike.
Hon Lolo Ibiemine, Chief Anns Sara Igbe and Hon Elemechukwu Obowo who made the allegation in a live radio programme (view point) in Port Harcourt, recently, alleged that Chief Wike had succeeded in destroying the party because of his gubernatorial ambition.
Chief Igbe admitted that there was a crack in the party because of the recent endorsement of Wike by some ethnic groups in the state, and therefore called on the national leadership of the party to quickly intervene before the situation gets out of hand.
“It is very unfortunate because the party in the state is without understanding.  The crack in the party is very deep and if the national leadership does not come to do something quickly, there will be disaster in the party in Rivers State”, Igbe said.
Ibiemene who also called on the national leadership of the party to call Wike and Obuah to order, regretted that the Obuah leadership which they all supported has become a willing tool in the hands of Wike.
“When the leadership of the party was changed by the court, and Felix Obuah emerged, we supported him, only to find out that it is the same old style of keeping the party for themselves with the intention of running primaries with their own people at the local government areas”, he said.
He recalled that similar things occurred in 2011 when he led a team called ‘New Restoration to protest the hijack of the party by some party executives, insisting that the situation is even worse in the present PDP.
Meanwhile, another PDP chieftain in the state, Hon Elem Chukwu Obowu has warned that any attempt by any person or group of person to impose the Supervising Minister of Education on the party would be resisted.
Obowu said that it was the turn of the riverine areas to produce the next governor of the state, adding that the Ikwerre ethnic nationality where Wike comes from, would end its tenure in 2015.