‘Rivers PDP Exco Intact’

Nnamdi Chukwu 

THE Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has discountenanced reports in some sections of the media indicating a list purported to be members of a caretaker committee set up by the National Working Committee of the party to take charge of affairs at the state level.  

A statement signed by Sydney Tambari Gbara, 

Rivers State Publicity Secretary of the party noted that the national leadership of the party, following the expiration of the tenure of some states, local government and ward executives directed, after a meeting of the National Working Committee, the BOT and the Governors Forum, that the old executive members whose tenure had expired, should transform into caretaker committees without anybody being added or removed, not even those who died or resigned from the executive should be replaced.

“On this strength we want to state that the purported list of caretaker committees seen on social media, is concocted by enemies of the state whose stock in trade is to constantly exploit every means to mislead gullible people, causing unnecessary distractions in the state.

“The list circulating is fake in its entirety and not in conformity with the position of the leadership of the party, hence, it should be ignored.

“The fake list in question is the handiwork of desperate empty drums, making loud noise just to infuriate our supporters and cause unnecessary anxiety in the political space. The concocted list is from enemies of the state who used looted state funds to procure it.

“We assure you that all members of the party executive who transformed into the caretaker committees remained intact with no one added or removed as contained in the memo released by the national secretariat of our party. 

“We also encourage our teeming supporters to remain calm and continue supporting His Excellency Sir Siminalayi Fubara, Ksc, GSSRS, Executive Governor of River State and the leader of the party in the state”,  Sydney Gbara said in the statement.  

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