PDP accuses sacked Chair of plot to burn party Secretariat in Ebonyi

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By Samuel Amah-Ugbor, Abakaliki

Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, raised the alarm over an alleged plot by thugs suspected to be loyal to the State Government to set its Secretariat ablaze.

The Caretaker Committee Chairman of PDP in the state, Elder Fred Udeogu, made this known, on Monday, in Abakaliki, while speaking to journalists.

Udeogu alleged that the sacked Chairman of the PDP, Chief Onyekachi Nwebonyi, had on Sunday night, led thugs to the Party’s Secretariat in Abakaliki, allegedly to burn it down, adding that they were resisted and repelled by party members on ground.

According to Udeogu, “We had a ruling from a Federal High Court at Abuja last Thursday, and the ruling said that Onyekachi Nwaebonyi should cease from addressing or parading himself as a member of PDP or a shareholder in PDP. And that he should stay off from the party’s Secretariat. By Friday, I was able to ask our secretary to write to the security agencies in Ebonyi State and serve them the ruling.

“I know by this week, the security agencies will receive directives from the IGP and Director General of DSS. If they do anything that is outside the directives, that will be at their own risk.

“We are not deterred by whatever threats. They are making threats that they will burn down the Secretariat of PDP. It is not reasonable. We know those who are planning it, and we know their names. We know the people that slept behind the party’s Secretariat last night.

“We know that they are going there this morning. At the end of that ruling, we know that the law must be protected.

“We call on our esteemed Ebonyi youths to disregard such calls and texts messages because this is the Modus operandi of Dave’s thugs to create a crisis and then the State Governor will turn around to accuse the opposition parties of being cultists and members of IPOB.

However, when contacted, Chief Nwaebonyi, denied the allegation of conniving with thugs to set the  Secretariat ablaze, claiming he was still in charge of the PDP in the State.

Nwaebonyi said, “I want to answer this question by asking you a question. Who is that person that will burn down his own house? I’m the authentic Chairman of PDP in Ebonyi State.

“And I’m in my office, and as I’m talking to you, I’m addressing you from my office. How can I set my own office ablaze? Is it thinkable that a man can set his own house ablaze? He should be the one. I’m suspecting nursing such an idea. He cannot achieve that because I’m properly seated in my office. The security agencies are there to protect the office,” he said.

Also, the State Government, said the allegation was baseless and unfounded, saying it emanated from mischief makers.

The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, B

Mr Uchenna Orji, stated this, on Monday.

According to the State Government, “I think the man has issues and that’s not the actual way to do politics. It’s not by blackmail. We cannot join issues with him. He is behaving like a sinking man. A party Secretariat that was built by the Governor when he was a party chairman, which gave him the credential as the best Chairman then.

“The Governor built the party office that seems to be the biggest in Africa. And so, we are looking for more development in Ebonyi State. We are not distracted. We have no time to really exchange words with him.”

 

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