By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke

DEPUTY Senate President,Ike Ekweremadu, has dismissed as baseless and untrue the report of purported tension within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over alleged secret zoning of national offices of the party, supposedly by some leaders of the party. Ekweremadu, in a statement by his Senior Special Adviser, Media, Uche Anichukwu, said such was sheer illusion of authors of confusion; people who did not wish the party well and were scared of PDP’s steady resurgence after the 2015 general elections.

Sen. Ekweremadu

He stressed: “There is, so far, no meeting, secret or open, where all or a few PDP party leaders met to zone the National Working Committee, NWC, offices of the party. The PDP’s constitution is clear on how the party can arrive at a zoning formula.

“Besides, it should be clear to all that the days of any form of impunity and underhandedness within Africa’s biggest party are gone. We are committed to returning fully to the founding principles and philosophies of the PDP. “Therefore, there can never be any secret zoning of PDP’s NWC positions or any other office for that matter. Such exists only in propaganda rooms and imaginations of those who are afraid that we are steadily reinforcing, reforming, and coming back stronger to give the nation a more purposeful leadership”.

Urging Nigerians to disregard the report, Ekweremadu added: “The PDP will soon convene a meeting of the relevant stakeholders and organs of the party as stipulated by our constitution to come up with a clear zoning of the national offices of the party in a transparent, democratic, and fair manner”.