By Kolawole Ojebisi
The governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected Senator Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye as Secretary.of the party.
The governors took the decision at a meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital on Monday, following the Supreme Court judgement on the vexed issue of secretaryship of the party.
The Party, therefore, appointed the Deputy National Secretary, Setonji Koshoedo, as acting National Secretary.
In a communique read to journalists by the Chairman of the PDP Governors, and Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, the Governors said Koshoedo would act as National Secretary to allow the South East Zone to nominate the substantive National Secretary which will be presented to the party during the next NEC.
“The Forum reiterates its position taken in Asaba on the issue of the National Secretary of the party, but in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment, Forum resolved to recommend that the Deputy National Secretary acts as National Secretary, pending the nomination and ratification of a Substantive Secretary from the South East Zone and NEC respectively at its next meeting.” the communique reads in part.
The PDP Governors also reiterated their rejection of the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, maintaining that they have already approached the court to look at the issue.
