PDP national chairman, Secondus asked to resign

A caucus of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the House of Representatives have asked their party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus, to ‘honorably’ resign from his position.

Also, at the party’s National Secretariat on Monday, some members of the PDP held placards calling for Secondus’s resignation.

The calls for his resignation come as PDP Governors met in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Monday to discuss recent events that threaten the unity and existence of the party.

No fewer than seven principal officers of the party have resigned from the party in recent weeks. Meanwhile, two later withdrew their resignation letters after a meeting of the Board of Trustees.

The PDP has also lost the Governors of Ebonyi, Cross River, and Zamfara states to the  ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The PDP House caucus, who met virtually on Saturday, alleged that Secondus was more preoccupied with holding onto his position rather than preparing for next elections.

The lawmakers accused him of having no clear road map, blue print or policy programme for the PDP.

Secondus was also charged with possessing a lax and bedroom managerial attitude which has led to inept management of complaints, despondency amongst members and consequently an exodus of members of the party at all levels, including a member of the Board of Trustee of the party.

They further submitted that Secondus should consider making the necessary personal sacrifice worthy of a leader in the party’s current and future interest with a firm assurance of honourable regard and appreciation by the party leadership now and in years to come, by honourably resigning his position as party chairman immediately, to allow the party an early start.