By Ayo Kehinde
Seven national officers of the National Working Committee,NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP, have resigned from office in what is easily the greatest leadership crisis to have hit the opposition party in recent times.
The party chieftains in different letters addressed to the National Secretary of the party, Senator Unaru Tsauri, on Tuesday, alleged being sidelined and unfairly treated by the National Chairman, Uche Secondus.
The party’s National Organising Secretary, Colonel Austin Akobundu (retd), who confirmed the development on Tuesday, said those who resigned from their offices are deputy members of the party’s NWC.
Among those who have tendered their letters of resignation are the Deputy National Financial Secretary, Deputy National Organising Secretary, Deputy National Legal Adviser, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Deputy Woman Leader, and Deputy National Auditor.
Secondus has been having a running battle with home state governor, Nyesom Wike over the manner the party has been run as his tenure runs to s close in December.
