The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South East Zone will nominate Sunday Ude-Okoye for the job of national secretary before the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on May 27.
Nwali Nwafor, the PDP’s spokesman in Ebonyi State, revealed this in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday.
According to reports, the PDP Governors Forum in Ibadan, Oyo State, adopted the party’s Deputy National Secretary, Setonji Koshedo, to act as National Secretary following the Supreme Court decision.
In a statement, the Governors stated that Koshedo will remain in his post until a substantive secretary is nominated and ratified by the South East Zone and NEC at their next meeting.
Speaking with Naija News, Nwafor stated that the PDP governors’ positions favored Ude-Okoye.
“Yes, I am aware that the matter of ratifying the office of the National Secretary from the southeast has since been resolved by the zone following the nomination of Chief SKE Ude Okoye to replace Anyanwu.
“We are left to represent the name of Chief Ude Okoye to the National Working Committee (NWC) before the forthcoming NEC,” stated the man.
He praised the governors’ attitude on the national secretary squabble, noting that their choice “has already resolved the issue”.
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He explained that the NWC would respect the governors’ decision to appoint Setonji as national secretary till the NEC.
“Yes, they should, because their nomination is valid despite the lengthy litigation by former National Secretary Anyanwu.”
“Chief Setonji will act till the forthcoming NEC meeting, but the NWC will ratify the name that will replace Anyanwu in one of their meetings before NEC,” he explained.
