PDP deserved to lose governorship, presidential elections: Senator Ogba
On Sunday, Obinna Ogba (PDP–Ebonyi Central) said the party deservedly lost the 2023 general election because of its National Working Committee (NWC) crisis mismanagement.
Mr Ogba told a news conference at his Nkalagu hometown in the Ishielu council area that the NWC shot itself in the foot by giving the governorship ticket to a “wrong candidate.”
The senator, who lost the party’s governorship ticket after a protracted legal tussle decided by the Supreme Court, cautioned that the NWC should not suspend any member.
“The fact remains that it is the NWC members who deserve to be suspended, starting from the national chairman. The national chairman lost his polling booth ward, local government area and state, and the same thing applied to all the conspirators who offered tickets to whoever understood their language,’’ he explained.
Mr Ogba pointed out that “what we need is the right leaders to manage the party’s affairs because no party is stronger than the PDP,” stating that the Labour Party made strides during the elections, especially during the presidential election, because “it had mainly our former members who felt annoyed at the state of things in the PDP.”
He noted that PDP leaders supported the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for equity and fairness in the state’s power rotation formula.
“Political parties are only avenues to get to various political destinations. Leaders of the PDP in Ebonyi made us believe that the northern district should produce the next governor, and I am happy that those I supported won their elections,’’ Mr Ogba said.
(NAN)
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