Imo PDP inaugurates 17-man State Caretaker Committee… As new Chairman, Dike says party still intact, stronger

The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has inaugurated the members of its State Caretaker Committee.

The inauguration which took place at the party Secretariat in Owerri, the state capital, on Wednesday, had great number of members of the party from diverse Local Government Areas present to witness the ceremony.

The members of the Committee are; Engr. Chidi Dike, as Chairman, Ugorji Onuegbu – Member/Secretary, other members are -Esther Aguwamba, Nnamdi Nsorom, Carl Nwoke Oma, Edith Nwachi, Barr. Uche Igbokwe, Bede Ejimadu.

Others are: Barr. Gozie Nwachukwu, Chris Odoemena, Victor Diala, Njaka Uche, Clara Ugba Onyebuchi, Njaka Duruiheoma, Hon. Mike Okafor, Hon. Jeff Nwachukwu, Mrs. Chinyere Okoro.

Representing the National Vice Chairman of the party, High Chief Dr.Ali Odefa, the South East Zonal Secretary of the party, Hon. Chief James Ugwu, who officially inaugurated the committee, admonished the team, saying ” The only way you all can deliver on the mandate we have given to you is, to first and foremost love yourselves so you can work together as a team.

“As the Chairman of the committee, make sure that there is no division at all within your members and the entire party for it is these internal crisis that has been disrupting our progress in the State.

” Imo State is PDP and PDP is Imo State, so I have no doubt that we are taking over Douglas House come 2027 governorship election, for we are unrelentlessly rebuilding the party to ensure that this state comes back to PDP as it has always been,’ Ugwu stated.

He further urged the committee members not to hesitate to beckon on them for any form of assistance as they all are working towards the betterment of their party.

Responding on behalf of the members, the Chairman of the committee, Engr. Chidi Dike who earnestly appreciated the party for giving them the opportunity to serve, assured that they will not disappoint in the confidence the party has reposed in them.

Dike averred, ” Since the incident which saw majority of those that played anti-party role in the last election disengage themselves, I want to state without fear of being contradicted that the whiffs have been selected from the chaff and the march towards solidifying the party has commenced in earnest.

“I want to restate that no single individual can superintend over the affairs of the PDP. This is the Peoples Democratic Party, where no voice is silenced. Here we will always agree based on roundtable discussion and not otherwise. The era where one person will milk the party dry with few of his cohorts and turn around to stab her in the back is gone and gone for good. It is good riddance to bad rubbish.

“We will now go to our various wards, polling units and Local Governments and let them know that the party is still intact and stronger than the time when one man was dictating who gets what, where and when. Never again.

“So I want to assure the teeming population that ‘nothing mega’, and we will not leave any stone unturned in our quest to remain at the top of democracy in Imo, ‘Dike assured’.

The committee was inaugurated in pursuant to Section 29(2)(b) of the PDP Constitution (as Amended in 2017), which approved the composition of Imo State Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the State Chapter of the Party.

They are charged with the responsibility of running the affairs of the Party in the State for a period not exceeding 90 days (3 months); or untill a new Executive Committee is elected.