{"id":26345,"date":"2020-05-14T12:21:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T11:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26345"},"modified":"2020-05-14T12:21:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T11:21:15","slug":"we-wont-give-up-on-delta-state-pdp-chairmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26345","title":{"rendered":"We won’t give up on Delta State PDP chairmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Henry Ebireri<\/strong>
\nSapele political leaders on Sunday rose from a meeting in Elume, insisting that the chairmanship of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State must come to Sapele Local Government Area.
\nThey also said that the speculations that some individuals in the party would try to jettison the zoning tradition and attain second term in office for the Delta State PDP chairman, Mr. Kingsley Esiso was raising political tensions and if proven true, threatens to unleash a major turmoil and conflict.
\n\u2018\u2019There is an impending injustice and injury about to be meted to the long suffering people of Sapele Local Government. The only position zoned to Sapele Local Government is on the verge of being hijacked by the forces of darkness. Some people are bent on causing crises and possible implosion of our great party, PDP in Sapele Local Government Area\u2019\u2019 the leaders said.
\nBriefing journalists in Sapele on the forthcoming Delta State PDP Congress, the spokesman of the Sapele PDP Leaders Forum, Mr. Arusuaine Akoko said though Esiso had not officially declared his intention, but that there was need to respect zoning.
\n\u2018\u2019At the federal, state and local government levels, zoning is strictly adhered to. The case of Delta State must not be different\u2019\u2019.
\nAkoko said the position of Sapele leaders on the Delta State PDP chairmanship remains unchanged.
\n\u2018\u2019The former Sapele Local Government chairman, Mr. Godwin Atose is the only candidate for the party\u2019s chairmanship\u2019\u2019.
\nThey described as huge joke, ridiculous and unacceptable the purported plan to impose Mr. Kingsley Esiso on the good people of Sapele.
\n\u2018\u2019We believe in the principles of truth and steadfastness. There are 25 Local Government Areas in Delta State and for the sake of equity, transparency, fairness and inclusiveness, the party zoned the various offices to different\u00a0 local government areas\u2019\u2019
\nThe leaders advised those behind the mischievous agenda not to destroy the party.
\n\u2018\u2019This is a flagrant violation of party procedures and disregard of the principle of zoning in the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP).
\nThey underscored zoning aberration and the deliberate intention of some people to kill Sapele PDP because of their inordinate ambition.
\n\u2018\u2019Zoning is a time tested winning formula of the greatest party in Africa, the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP). The secret for the longevity or the phoenix nature of the PDP is the utmost respect for the zoning of all party\u2019s positions\u2019\u2019
\nThe leaders, under the aegis of Sapele PDP Leaders Forum, urged Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Ex-Governor, Chief James Ibori, Former Minister of Information, Prof Sam Oyovbaire and other PDP leaders in Delta State not to put the party and Sapele Local Government Area through unnecessary shocks and strains.
\n\u2018\u2019The peace loving people of Sapele Local Government Area humbly appeal to well-meaning PDP members all over the country and Delta State in particular to do what is right by ensuring that the party\u2019s State Chairmanship\u00a0 zoned to Sapele Local Government Area is occupied by an indigene\u2019\u2019
\nThey also reminded PDP leaders in the state of justice, equity and progress demonstrated by the founders of the party in the dark days of military dictatorship.
\n\u2018\u2019It is a truism that all politics is local. In all the 24 local government areas, the positions zoned to them are occupied by the indigenes of the local government areas and the case of Sapele Local Government Area must and cannot be different\u2019\u2019
\nHonourable Felix Anirah, Chief Margaret Unukegwo and other Sapelee PDP leaders are backing Godwin Atose for the chairmanship of the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Henry Ebireri Sapele political leaders on Sunday rose from a meeting in Elume, insisting that the chairmanship of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State must come to Sapele Local Government Area. They also said that the speculations that some individuals in the party would try to jettison the zoning tradition and attain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[256,334,1609],"class_list":["post-26345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-delta","tag-pdp","tag-sapele"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}