The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has officially inaugurated a Caretaker Committee to steer the affairs of the party in Abia State.
Speaking at the event, the Vice Chairman of PDP, Southeast, Ali Odefa, charged the newly inaugurated committee to “keep the flag flying” and resist what he described as internal and external forces allegedly working to destabilize the party.
Odefa alleged that for over a year, the party had faced “anti-democratic forces” determined to weaken its structures. According to him, ongoing legal disputes over the party’s leadership have now been consolidated at the Court of Appeal, with judgment reserved.
He described the newly appointed chairman of the Abia Caretaker Committee, Mr. Ikpegbu Emeka-Yello, as experienced, fearless, and capable of navigating what he admitted would not be an easy assignment.
In his acceptance speech, Mr. Ikpegbu Emeka-Yellow described the appointment as “a call to service, sacrifice and selfless leadership”
He acknowledged that the PDP in Abia had suffered a serious leadership crisis in recent years, weakening its structures and morale but emphasized reconciliation as the central mission of the caretaker committee.
However, the Nyesom Wike-backed faction of the PDP in Abia has described the committee as illegal.
