South-South PDP zonal committee meeting slated for EDO State, Illegal – Zonal Secretary
…Says meeting contravenes Section 26, (2c) of our party’s Constitution as amended 2017
By Odie Ramon, Yenagoa.
The Zonal Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South-South, Chief Felix Omemu, has faulted the meeting of the South-South Zonal Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for this Saturday, 15th February 2025, in Benin City, Edo State, describing it as illegal and against the party’s constitution.
According to Chief Felix Omemu, the illegal meeting convened by unknown persons contravened Section 26 (2c) of our party’s Constitution as amended in 2017.
He stated in a statement issued on Thursday that ” there was no such a time that the Zonal Working Committee meeting, being a precursor to the Zonal Executive Committee, agreed on any reports to be discussed at the Saturday’s scheduled meeting.”
The statement he personally signed reads:
My attention has been drawn to a purported invitation to a meeting of the South-South Zonal Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) illegally scheduled for this Saturday, 15th February 2025, in Benin City, Edo State.
For the purpose of clarity and in line with the Constitution of our great party, the Executive Committee meeting could only be held with the approval of the Zonal Working Committee.
In line with Section 26, (2c) of our party’s Constitution as amended in 2017, there was no such a time that the Zonal Working Committee meeting, being a precursor to the Zonal Executive Committee, agreed on any reports to be discussed at Saturday’s scheduled meeting.
Section 26 (2c) states as follows:” Prepare and submit reports for the consideration of the Zonal Executive Committee; and.”
As the Zonal Secretary of the party, I am therefore, not aware of such a meeting that purportedly resolved that ZWC could go ahead to convene the highest meeting of the party leaders in the Zone and so, I wish to distance myself from such an illegal ZEC meeting and gathering being called by Chief Dan Orbih.
I also wish to call on my colleagues in the zone to boycott Saturday’s meeting, whose agenda remains suspicious and may not likely serve the general interest of the party as it is clear that the majority of the leaders of the party in the zone were not duly consulted before calling for the meeting.
By this statement, I am placing on alert the key PDP leaders in the South-South zone including our State Governors, former Governors on the platform of the PDP, members of the National Assembly from the zone, Principal Officers of the State Houses of Assembly from the zone, members of the National Working Committee from the zone and also State Chairmen of our party from the zone.
I urge the leaders of the party in the zone to call Chief Orbih to order a move to avoid any untoward consequences of allowing an illegal meeting to be held in the zone.
