I read with dismay the fraudulently tailored publications signed by the Imo State PDP Publicity Secretary expelling an ardent protagonist of unity and positive change in the party, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere. At a time the party is gradually working towards rebuilding her broken walls, some persons who failed to see the realities of power tussles in political leadership took to fraudulently abuse processes by raising their ill-fated pen to publish Ugochinyere’s expulsion from the party he has continued to give his best for.
Hon. Ugochinyere, who has remained the most committed federal legislator elected under PDP in fighting the gross injustice, sabotage, and political prebendalism hampering the unity of the party, should rather be given accolades of honor than insulting his personality with an expulsion letter. What an irony of bias and political immaturity that guided the writers!
A party that has been captured by the enemies within, with all readiness to destroy it, should concentrate on fighting to retrieve its glory from the hands of traducers than resorting to fight a man who has never relented in working to ensure the party is robustly strengthened. It is a show of shame that while the party at the national level is battling conflict of interest and sabotage within the party structure, and those who are bent on ensuring these wrongs are corrected became the victims of circumstance orchestrated by his haters who think their interests are no longer protected.
I therefore call on the national leadership of the party to quickly intervene by reversing this biasedly obtained decision of expelling a vibrant defender of democracy from PDP. A stakeholder of the party in the person of Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere deserves more recognitions of honor for his unwavering commitment to ensure the party is vehemently united, and the central organ of the party must not treat this issue with kids’ gloves if PDP is to stand the test of time.
In all, I, therefore, condemn in totality the issuance of this superfluous and sentiment-driven expulsion letter asking Ugochinyere to leave the party he has worked to promote. This action was senseless and must be treated as a hoax, thereby deserving immediate reversal to save the party from imminent collapse.
Chief Dr. Emeka Kalu
National Coordinator, PDP Coalition
