A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees and elder statesman, Bode George, has thrown his weight behind the decision of his colleagues to recognize Sunday Ude-Okoye as the authentic National Secretary of the party.
GOVIMA reports that there has been a tussle between Ude-Okoye and Samuel Anyanwu over the position of the PDP National Secretary, with both men laying claim to the position.
After a meeting of the BoT on Wednesday, they urged the party’s National Working Committee to immediately swear Ude-Okoye in as the substantive national secretary of the party.
Speaking on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television on Friday, George explained that the decision to back Ude-Okoye was based on the judgement of Court of Appeal which affirmed him as the authentic National Secreatary of PDP.
“So far, the facts that they brought, I am completely on board with that. What do you expect the elders to do? The report was clear that there was no counter Court of Appeal report apart from the one from Okoye.
“So, what do you expect us to do? If Anyanwu decides to go to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court throws out that decision of the of the Court of Appeal, we will abide by that,” George said.
He, however, called on Anyanwu to let go and allow peace to reign so that the party can focus on playing its role as opposition.
According to him, despite the crisis rocking the PDP, the party is still more organised internally than the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The elder statesman said he was not afraid of the PDP totally collapsing because he knows that the taproot of the party is still completely intact.
