FCT Minister – Nyesom Wike, has criticised the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for asking the party’s national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu to resign.
Wike, in a letter to acting chairman of the BoT, Adolphous Wabara said the BoT lacks the power to intervene on the issue of who should occupy the office.
He said,“Your Excellency, permit me to observe with respect that the Board of Trustees (BOT) lack the moral authority to intervene on the issue of who occupies or should occupy the Office of the National Secretary of the Party.
“This is more so as the BOT was unable to use its good offices as the conscience of the Party to intervene in the crises that engulfed the Party in the run-up to the 2023 General Elections when Officers of the party blatantly violated the Constitution of the Party.
“Secondly, the Ag. Chairman of the BoT is reminded that the issue of who occupies the position of National Secretary of the Party is beyond the BOT’s sphere of authority and influence.
“Indeed, if and when a vacancy occurs, the responsibility of deciding who and how the vacancy will be filled is that of the entire Southern States to which the position was zoned and not only the South East geopolitical, as your letter under reference appears to be suggesting.”
Anyanwu, in April, became the PDP gubernatorial candidate for the forthcoming election in Imo scheduled for November 11.
