The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused those it called agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind the allegation that the PDP Primary Election Guidelines was forged.
The national publicity secretary of PDP, Hon Debo Ologunagba, said this while reacting to media reports suggesting that its Primary Election Guidelines have allegedly been compromised by forgery.
He said the “reports are at the instance of certain resentful individuals who, as agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are desperately seeking ways to create a scandal, discredit the integrity of PDP’s internal processes and bring the party to public ridicule.”
A report had emerged of a court action and Police invite to national secretary of PDP, Hon Sunday Ude-Okoye, PDP’s South East zonal vice chairman, Chief Ali Odefa and some other party members over the alleged forgery of party guidelines which was used in the court cases that sacked Senator Samuel Anyanwu as national secretary.
Ude-Okoye has since denied any knowledge of a forged document while adding that he was never arrested even though he was invited by the police last week over a petition on the alleged forgery of the documents.
The alleged forgery saga comes on the back of the National Working Committee (NWC) recognition of Ude-Okoye as national secretary, as advised by the PDP governors forum and Board of Trustees (BoT) based on the High and Appeal Court judgements.
Reacting to the report however, Ologunagba said PDP Primary Election Guidelines as approved by the Party have not by any means whatsoever been compromised by forgery as being peddled in the said reports.
He said, “Our Party is shocked by the level of desperation being displayed by these individuals reportedly with the backing of a particular top official in the APC administration who had on several occasions vowed to destroy the PDP to enable the APC entrench a totalitarian and oppressive one-party system in our nation to the resentment and detriment of Nigerians.
“The PDP has also been made aware of the involvement of these disgruntled individuals in inducing disagreements in some chapters as well as the intimidation, threats and police harassment of some officials, staffs and members of the Party.
“Our Party is appalled by the scandalous and reprehensible attempt by these desperate individuals to drag the police and a magistrate Court in Abuja into the Party’s internal affairs despite pronouncement of various Courts of higher hierarchy including the Supreme Court stating that issues touching on the nomination of candidates for elections are strictly internal affairs of political parties over which the courts have no jurisdiction.”
The PDP spokesman said the party remains strong, undeterred and will continue to firmly resist any onslaught or machination by anti-people forces who are seeking to destabilise the party, emasculate opposition, undermine the nation’s democracy and instill an oppressive one-party regime against the will of the people.
“Our Party reassures all members and teeming supporters that its Primary Election Guidelines have not been compromised by forgery and such reports of forgery should therefore be disregarded,” Ologunagba said.
