A Germany-based Nigerian politician and a stakeholder in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon. Olayinka Oladimeji Segelu, has applauded the leaders and elders of the the party for their quick intervention to douse the brewing tension in the party, occasioned by the call for the immediate resignation of the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, four months to the end of his first tenure.
Segelu, a member of Oyo State chapter of the PDP, who aspired for the House of Representatives in 2015 to represent Lagelu/Akinyele federal constituency, maintained that a leading opposition party looking forward to regaining power in 2023, should not be engrossed in unnecessary leadership squabble.
Declaring total support for the resolution reached by party leaders on Tuesday for an early convention, proposed to hold in October, Hon Segelu noted that it would amount to a clear contravention of the principle of democracy for the National Chairman to be forcefully removed without an elective convention.
The PDP stalwart said, “Since Secondus was duly elected as the party’s National Chairman, it will be absolutely undemocratic for him to be forced out of office, when he hasn’t served out his term and has the constitutional right to seek for another term, if the position is still zoned to his region. If Secondus has failed in his leadership of the party, what we ought to do is to concentrate on how to get a new leadership that can steer the ship of our party to reclaim our lost glory via an elective convention and not by forceful removal.
“Thank God for the prompt intervention of the eminent members and elders of the party to broker peace and resolve the matter in the interest of the party.
“I’m fully in support of the decision for a convention to be held in October to determine the fate of Secondus. Those calling for Secondus’s removal should equally be commended for not keeping mute in the midst of challenges facing the party under his leadership. But let’s follow the right channel in whatever action we want to take. All the processes for the convention should be free, fair and transparent. Honestly, we don’t need any kind of uproar or fracas now. It’s not good for the party at all!”
