Members of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) have declared their support for the Appeal Court ruling affirming Rt Hon Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the PDP’s National Secretary.
According to PDP National Treasurer, Mr Yayari Ahmed Mohammed, 14 out of 17 members of the NWC are in support of Udeh-Okoye’s leadership.
Mohammed was speaking on behalf of his colleagues to newsmen at Government House, Port Harcourt, where he met with Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Mr Yayari cited the lack of any contrary judgment or ruling from a higher court to invalidate the Appeal Court’s decision.
“We are equally visiting these governors to assure them that the majority of the members of the NWC are with Okoye as the National Secretary of the Party and would continue to work with him, and we equally request the support and backing of the governors to accept this court of appeal judgment. As you are aware, up to this moment, there is no any court that set aside the ruling of the Appeal Court, and this is a case that they don’t have any stay or whatever. 14 (fourteen) of us, members of the NWC are in agreement to work along with the present the National Secretary of the Party”. Yayari declared.
Mr Yayari affirmed Governor Fubara as the leader of the PDP in Rivers State, in line with the party’s policy that sitting governors are automatic leaders of the party in their respective states.
“The Governor is the leader of the PDP in Rivers state. The policy of the PDP is that every sitting Governor is the leader of the Party. So, invariably, the Governor of Rivers State is the leader of the Party and we came to consult with our leader, and to assure him that we are (One Hundred Precent) 100% with him. We are together with him and we call upon him to make the PDP more stronger, as we call on the people of Rivers State to work with him, identify with him and support him in providing dividends of democracy as he is doing for the good people of Rivers state”