Maduako Igbokwe l Tuesday, April 20, 2021
ONITSHA, Anambra – A group known as Independent Leaders Forum (ILF), in Anambra state Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to deal with any member saboteurs in the party ahead of the 2021 governorship election. The group said it will match any member or members of the party who would want to truncate the chances of PDP getting to Government House come November 6,2021, ‘action for action’ .
ILF made the statement at the party’s Secretariat Awka ,while donating 10,000 PDP membership cards to assist in the ongoing party revalidation and registration exercise in the state. ILF is a forum of young PDP professionals and businessmen desirous of having PDP governor in the government, come November ,6 2021.
Donating the membership cards to PDP state chairman ,Chief Ndubisi Nwobu ,the president of ILF comrade Obinna Okafor said they were in the secretariat to show their determination to be in Agu Awka ,government house . According to him, they will not tolerate any member of the party working against the PDP again in the state for any reason .
“Our mandate is to get to Agu Awka ,we will put our resources and our men to actualise our dreams. Nobody born of a woman will truncate Anambra PDP movement to government house again . Nobody again that can destroy PDP progress in Anambra state and we are determined to get to Agu Awka .
All the people causing trouble in PDP, using violent and court actions to truncate the party movement to government house cannot do it again because we will match them fire for fire ,action for action . This time around ,they cannot use their tricks to stop PDP getting to government house. Every action they use, we will counter it, fire for fire , action for action. Enough of these sabotages to the party ,we are ready for them this time” he said .
Okafor said that the last time PDP governor was in government house was in 2003 and the party leaderships disagreement cost them the opportunity because one of the leaders testified against the party in the court. According to him, since 2003, the party has not been able to win the governorship seat because some people have been working against the party. At every primary somebody will go and get court order stopping the primary ,thereby creating problems ,there after he will go out and work for other party .
“We have had series of reconciliations and none work for us , this time we will use action for action for those who may still act funny again. We have met with some party chieftains ,like Chris Uba, Olisa Metuh and many others urging them to come together and move the party forward. We hope they will come together and do the needful to move the party to government house ” he said
Commending the ILF, the State PDP chairman, Ndubisi Nwobu said that one of the major reasons the party failed to berth at government house over the years was due to manipulated primary. According to him, the party primary election had always been either hijacked or candidate imposed on party followers, which usually create disaffection among members .
He vowed to conduct free and fair primary that will be accepted by all as the party does not belong to anybody today in the state. “We will conduct credible and transparent primary where the losers will be proud to congratulate the winner . We must do that because we want to be in the government house . We will conduct a primary that will change the narrative of PDP in Anambra state” he said.
On the ILF’s determination to deal with any member who wants to truncate the party’s movement to government house ,he said he does not blame the youths because they are the greatest losers .
“If the party wins, many will be councilors ,local government chairmen ,House of Assembly members and others. It is the realization of these ,that they said that they are determined to fight any person who works against the party interest again . And they are ready to deal with anybody who is a stumbling block to the party progress in the state again” he said.
