Composition of Our Presidential Campaign Council Complied Totally With Guidelines, Imo PDP Clarifies

• Says Inauguration Date of Thursday, November 17, is Sacrosanct
• Dismisses Rumours of Crisis

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has clarified that all the guidelines, processes and procedures laid down for the composition of the 2023 Presidential Campaign Council and Campaign Management Committee were strictly adhered to in the State.

The major opposition party in a press release signed by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Collins Opurozor, stated that the clarification become necessary given the rumours at certain quarters that there is crisis in the Party caused primarily by some non-existent shortcomings with the Presidential Campaign Council List.

The release further emphasized that “it is also important to state in clear terms that no single name was removed from the list already approved by the Presidential Campaign Organization for Imo State. Any insinuation to the contrary is very far from the truth”

“There is, therefore, no crisis of any form or shape in Imo State PDP arising from the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council. What needs to be noted is that, while constituting the Presidential Campaign Council, all Stakeholders were duly consulted and all interests fully accommodated. Further, the guidelines released by the Presidential Campaign Organization in Abuja clearly defined the requisite qualifications for every role or position in the Campaign Council”

“In a PDP-governed State, the Chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council is the Governor of the State, while in a non-PDP State, the Governorship Candidate of the Party is the Chairman. In the absence of a Governorship Candidate, the Chairman is either the former PDP Governor or immediate past PDP Governorship Candidate in the State. This is explicit”

“For Imo State, the Chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council, His Excellency the Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, CON is both the former Governor of the State and last Governorship Candidate of the Party. This cannot be contested”

“Finally, on the strength of the written authorization granted by the Presidential Campaign Organization for the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign Council and Campaign Management Committee in Imo State, the inauguration, as earlier announced, holds on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at the State Secretariat of the Party in Owerri”