S’East PDP leaders endorse Anyanwu as consensus candidate for National Secretary
[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East zone, have endorsed Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu as a consensus candidate for the position of National Secretary, ahead of the party’s national convention on October ending.
A statement dated October 13, 2021, and signed by Chief Ali Odefa, South East National Vice Chairman, which was made available to Journalists on Friday, expressed gratitude to the leaders of the zone for putting beside what he described as their “natural human differences” to unite and form a common front.
Odefa in the statement noted that the PDP in South East zone was more than ever prepared and ready for the task ahead.
He said despite the desperation of political jobbers and power mongers who he alleged had adopted all manner of undemocratic moves to lure away PDP members, the Southeast remained a stronghold of the PDP.
He further assured their teeming members and supporters that the PDP remained strong, firm, on ground and poised for victory in the 2023 general elections.
The statement reads:”The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southeast zone has once again displayed its maturity and readiness to reclaim all its stolen mandates in the zone through the peaceful and united manner in which the zone arrived at a consensus in nominating an illustrious son of the zone, Sen. Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu (Sam Daddy) as the zone’s sole candidate for the position of National Secretary of our great party ahead of our national convention.
“The PDP in the Southeast by this honourable and uniting act has once again put its detractors who thought that the fortunes of the party will be destabilized by the ceding of the plum position to the zone.
“The PDP in the Southeast is now more than ever prepared and ready for the task ahead.
“We are sincerely grateful to our leaders in the zone who despite their natural human differences have united and formed a common front in our avowed reclamation of the Southeast for our great party.
“Despite the desperation of political jobbers and power mongers who have adopted all manner of undemocratic moves to lure away our members, the Southeast remains a stronghold of the PDP and we assure our teeming members and supporters that our great party remains strong, firm, on ground and poised for victory as the 2023 general elections approaches.”