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PDP appoints working committee members for Ebonyi
Following the resignation of the People’s Democratic Party State Working Committee led by Onyekachi Nwebonyi in Ebonyi State, the party’s National Working Committee appointed Fred Udeogu and nine other SWC members.
A letter of appointment dated April 9, 2021, which was seen by our correspondent on Sunday, specifies that their appointment was for a period of three months.
Recall that the members of the SWC led by Nwebonyi had, on March 28, 2021, announced their resignation and subsequent defection to the Congress of All Progressives, claiming that the decision was the result of the undemocratic practices that plague the PDP.
The PUNCH reported that the NWC sacked Nwebonyi and other PDP leaders in the state following Governor David Umahi’s defection to the APC in November 2020.
Therefore, the PDP leadership appointed an interim committee headed by Udeogu to steer the party’s affairs in the state.
But Nwebonyi and some PDP leaders in the state rejected their dissolution and consequently took the party to court.
But speaking on their appointment after a brief meeting with party loyalists in Abakaliki on Sunday, Udeogu said the CNO appointed them because they had been steadfast in party affairs.
He said, “We thank God that the PDP has given us this opportunity as the appointment is extended to all members of the State Working Committee in the Interim Committee.
“We have held the position consistently and diligently and we believe it is because of how we have held the positions in the state that led them to appoint us.
“We have done our best to let people know that the PDP is for the Ebonyi and people believe in us; and with the mandate given to us, we were able to let people know that the PDP is the party to beat by 2023.”
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