House of Representatives member, Honourable Ikenga Ugochinyere, has hailed the Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Robinson Ewor, and the party’s secretary, Dr. Field Nkor, for their commitment to the rebuilding of the
PDP and their support for Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
The lawmaker, who is also the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), made the statement following the decision of a High Court that removed Aaron Chukwuemeka as the Chairman of the PDP and appointed an interim leadership to run the party’s affairs.
Justice Stephen Jumbo of the Rivers State High Court on Monday ruled on an interlocutory injunction sought by Edwin Woko and three others, restraining Chukwuemeka and his state executives from parading themselves as executive members of the PDP in the state.
The affected PDP members, including Woko, had challenged the process that produced Chukwuemeka’s executive committee, arguing that the congress that produced them violated an existing court order and was thus illegal.
Ugochinyere praised the bold steps taken by Robinson, Nkor, and the executive members in their support of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
He said, “I hereby commend the Rivers State PDP chairman, Dr. Robinson Ewor, the Secretary, Dr. Field Nkor, and the entire executive members for their commitment to rebuilding the party and supporting His Excellency, Governor Fubara, to succeed in the task of reconstructing, rehabilitating, and reconciling Rivers State after eight locust years.”
Ugochinyere also commended Dr. Ewor for his boldness in standing with the PDP despite some party members defecting to the APC.
“From the outset, Dr. Ewor made it clear that the High Court ruling has restored the party to its original owners, with Governor Siminalayi Fubara as the leader, and called on the national party executives to implement the court ruling and hand over the party’s reins to Governor Fubara.”
Ugochinyere said, “In a bold move, he (Ewor) announced that Wike and his loyalists, including Chukwuemeka and Martin Amaewhule, were no longer members of the party, alleging they had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) due to their affiliation with the APC.”
“His assurance to Nigerians that the party is now in the hands of genuine PDP members, not Wike and his cohorts who want to trade it to the APC, is a welcome declaration and statesmanlike.”
Ugochinyere said this while hailing Ewor for his ability to take back the PDP machinery from Wike and his men, who had attempted to move it into the APC.
Quoting Ewor, Ugochinyere stated, “In his words: ‘We have taken over our party from members of the APC, to whom Nyesom Wike and his criminal gang handed over the party. We have taken over. Today, the party is in the hands of PDP members, not APC members. What this judgment means to us is that the party is being restored to its original owners.
“The party is restored to the leader of the party, the Governor of the state, Fubara. We are calling on the national party executives to, as a matter of urgency, implement to the letter the judgment of the Rivers State High Court. To as a matter of urgency, hand over all the reins of the party to the leader of the party at the state level, who is the Governor of the state.”
