There was palpable tension at the Wadata House, National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja following the resignation of seven members of the party’s National Working Committee.
It was gathered that the officials complained about what they referred to as “an unpleasant working environment and poor leadership.
The party’s National Organising Secretary, Retired Colonel Austin Akobundu confirmed the resignations.
He, however, said those who resigned were deputies not the substantial heads of the departments and he declined to give further details.
Those who resigned include the deputy national financial secretary, the deputy legal adviser, the deputy national auditor, the deputy national publicity secretary, the deputy women leader and the deputy organising secretary.
Meanwhile, few hours after tendering their resignation letters as national officers of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; the ruling All Progressives Congress has established contact with the affected officers with a view to convincing them to join the ruling party.
The Prince Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee, NWC, of the party has been struggling to keep the party together, following sundry allegations bordering on financial recklessness and poor leadership.
Things got worse for the party on Tuesday, seven deputy national officers comprising deputy national publicity secretary, deputy national legal adviser, deputy national auditor, deputy national woman leader, among others, tendered their resignations, anchoring their decision on the failure of Secondus to carry them along since they came to office in 2017.
One of the national officers who resigned told journalists that the meeting which Secondus hurriedly convened on Monday did not yield much saying, “The ruling party is already talking to us and I won’t blame anyone who chooses to leave. The chairman is not doing enough and we are really amazed at the manner he spoke at the meeting. It is a shame.
