Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Imo
State engaged in a free for all on Saturday at the
party secretariat in Owerri.
The fracas started when a faction of the party
led by Chief Nnamdi Anyaehie disrupted a
meeting of the Caretaker Committee led by
Vitalis Okafor.
Okafor, whose Caretaker Committee
was inaugurated on January 29, 2016 to pilot
the affairs of the party for three months, had
hardly settled down for business with his
members when the Nnamdi Anyaehie-led faction
stormed the secretariat and attempted to chased
everybody away.
Member of the clashing factions were later
dispersed by armed policemen manning the
secretariat after which Anyaehie and his
supporters drove away in a long convoy.
After the fight, during which many people
sustained injuries, the police cordoned off the
premises.
Okafor told journalists later that Anyaehie was
responsible for the avoidable confusion within
the party, accusing him of scheming to
perpetuate himself in office.
He said the meeting was convened to brief
members of the party on the latest development
in the legal battle between his committee and
the Anyaehie faction.
Okafor said Anyaehie’s tenure had since expired
as pronounced by the Party’s National Executive
Council, which subsequently installed his
caretaker committee to preside over the affairs
of the party for three months.
He said, “The people of the state and the PDP
have rejected them because they have failed; yet,
they do not want to read the writing on the
wall.”
Okafor, however, advised members of the party
to remain calm and law abiding and to go to
their various LGAs and spread the news that the
Anyaehie-led executive had been rejected.
“It is regrettable that somebody, who parades
himself as a party Chairman could engage thugs
to disrupt a meeting authorised by the National
Publicity Secretary of our party, Chief Oliseh
Metu.’’
Anyaehie could not be reached for comments as
he has failed to pick his calls or return calls.
State engaged in a free for all on Saturday at the
party secretariat in Owerri.
The fracas started when a faction of the party
led by Chief Nnamdi Anyaehie disrupted a
meeting of the Caretaker Committee led by
Vitalis Okafor.
Okafor, whose Caretaker Committee
was inaugurated on January 29, 2016 to pilot
the affairs of the party for three months, had
hardly settled down for business with his
members when the Nnamdi Anyaehie-led faction
stormed the secretariat and attempted to chased
everybody away.
Member of the clashing factions were later
dispersed by armed policemen manning the
secretariat after which Anyaehie and his
supporters drove away in a long convoy.
After the fight, during which many people
sustained injuries, the police cordoned off the
premises.
Okafor told journalists later that Anyaehie was
responsible for the avoidable confusion within
the party, accusing him of scheming to
perpetuate himself in office.
He said the meeting was convened to brief
members of the party on the latest development
in the legal battle between his committee and
the Anyaehie faction.
Okafor said Anyaehie’s tenure had since expired
as pronounced by the Party’s National Executive
Council, which subsequently installed his
caretaker committee to preside over the affairs
of the party for three months.
He said, “The people of the state and the PDP
have rejected them because they have failed; yet,
they do not want to read the writing on the
wall.”
Okafor, however, advised members of the party
to remain calm and law abiding and to go to
their various LGAs and spread the news that the
Anyaehie-led executive had been rejected.
“It is regrettable that somebody, who parades
himself as a party Chairman could engage thugs
to disrupt a meeting authorised by the National
Publicity Secretary of our party, Chief Oliseh
Metu.’’
Anyaehie could not be reached for comments as
he has failed to pick his calls or return calls.
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