In a move that has jolted the leadership of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, seven members of the State Working Committee (SWC) have withdrawn their membership of the party.
Those who resigned from the party are the State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opuruozor; Secretary, Ray Emeana; Youth Leader, Greg Nwadike; Deputy Chairman, Martin Ejiogu; Women Leader, Maria Mbakwe; Treasurer, Josiah Eze, Vice Chairman (Orlu Zone), Chibuisi Obido.
Opurozor said that before now, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party had been inundated with allegations of embezzlement of funds and anti-party activities against the Imo SWC.
He told newsmen at the party’s secretariat in Owerri yesterday that the candidate of the party for the November 11, governorship election in the state, Samuel Anyanwu, did not have what it took to govern the state.
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Opurozor said, “In unequivocal terms, we announce to you that the PDP in Imo State has now been damaged beyond redemption by the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu (Samdadday), and the party is at last moving irreversibly to its terminus.
“It is necessary we remind you that in the last three years, this working committee has built a very strong, formidable and enviable PDP in Imo State.
“To enable the party to realise its promise of being a truly democratic entity, we envisioned the need to expand the internal democratic space by forming nearly 5,000 chapters across all the polling units in the state.”
But Anyanwu said their quitting the party was nothing to worry about.
