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Original Post Date: 2011-01-01 Time: 10:00:10 Posted By: News Poster
By Nurtw Kingpin
Violence, protests and deaths yesterday marred the state congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), even as there were indications that the party may cancel the results in 11 states.
This was as the national chairman, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo warned that the party would go hard on officials involved in any malpractice in the on-going party congresses.
In Ibadan, Oyo state, Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin escaped death by the whiskers as the congress in the state turned bloody. However, two of his loyalists were killed by hoodlums believed to be members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state and loyal to the ousted chairman of the crisis-ridden union, Alhaji Lateef Salako, alias Eleweomo. Eleweomo himself was killed in the fracas.
Oyo state Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Baba Adisa Bolanta, confirmed the killings.
There was pandemonium at the IDC Primary School centre, Olunloyo area in Ona-Ara local government as sporadic shootings erupted between supporters of the opposing sides of anti-Akala and pro-Akala groups in the area. Aside sporadic shoot dangerous weapons were freely used.
An eyewitness said the pro-Akala group led by the interim chairman of Ona-Ara local government council, Mr. Tunde Olayiwola allegedly led the attack on the Senate Leader. But Olayiwola alleged that the loyalists of Senator Folarin burnt three of their buses while the confrontation lasted.
Speaking with journalists on the incident, Folarin said apart from two of his loyalists that were killed in the attack, two other aides were injured.
While condemning the attack on him and his men by the NURTW, he baffled over the alleged desperation of the state governor to continue to use the union, which he had earlier proscribed, to intimidate party faithful who had come to exercise their rights.
He said the attack on him and his supporters was premeditated as he was warned earlier that there were plots to assassinate him during the congresses.
He said: “On Wednesday, at the commencement of the ward congress, I learnt Eleweomo and his people, in about 20 buses, stormed my ward 5, Idi Ose area of the local government. They were armed with guns. And on getting there, I enquired from supporters what the business of Eleweomo was. Shortly after, Eleweomo went and stayed in one of the classrooms of the school with heavy smoke of marijuana coming from their end. But we were not perturbed.
“Today again (Thursday), Eleweomo and his people in multifold of the Wednesday’s number had besieged the local government brandishing dangerous weapons, arm and ammunition. And immediately, I recalled privileged information from an Ibadan-based prominent supporter of Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala’s camp of the party that I should tread softly during these congresses because a plan had been hatched to assassinate me. Then, this made me to call the Commissioner of Police to alert him of the presence of Eleweomo and his gun-totting hoodlums, who invaded the lawful assemblage of PDP congress.
“Noticing that the atmosphere was becoming more charged as Eleweomo and his team were surging towards where we were having the congress, I put a call again to the Commissioner of Police to inform him of the plans to disrupt the congress by the NURTW factional leader, but he replied that what he (CP) got from that end was contrary to what I told him. And this made me to call the director of State Security Services (SSS), who then assured me that he would talk to the CP on the matter. Notwithstanding, I still made another call to the CP on the need to arrest the situation, but his orderly picked my call and told me that the CP was not on seat.
“Ordinarily, because of the threat message I got two days earlier, I should not have gone to my constituency to partake in the ongoing exercise, but as a politician, at times you have to brave some odds, knowing full well that I had no sinister intention against anybody. Why would anybody be after my life? So, I went there yesterday and today and alerted the CP more than five times of the happenings in my constituency. And as a peace lover, shortly after our congress, I left there with my people and on my way home, I got information that Eleweomo and his men clashed with some members of the outlawed Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) at the area.
“Even my convoy was severally attacked on my way home and this resulted in the death of two of my supporters while I also learnt that two others had their arms chopped off. If I had wanted to attack Eleweomo and his people, I would have done so since Wednesday because I have my orderly and security aides in my convoy. But I never did so and I now wonder why anybody would now link the death of Eleweomo to me and my aides”.
Meanwhile, the party yesterday received an avalanche of petitions from aggrieved members who complained bitterly that the officials sent by the national secretariat to conduct the primary and congresses were seen favoring one party in the contest to the disadvantage of the others.
It will be recalled that Nwodo had upon assumption of office said he would not condone any form of electoral malpractice, and added that party members who deploy thugs or other unorthodox means at elections stand being expelled from the party.
Specifically, Nwodo had said he would withdraw the ticket of any successful candidate if it was found out that such a person obtained the ticket through foul means.
Just on Wednesday, worried by the avalanche of protests he received from PDP members on the on-going primary and congresses, Nwodo quickly procured an MTN hot line 08060095007 which he advised members to use to send text messages to him on their perceived grievances.
Within 24 hours, over 25 Short Media Messages (SMS) messages were received by Nwodo on the line, forcing him to remind party members of his earlier stand on free and fail polls.
Confirming the receipt of the petitions, media aide to the chairman, Me. Ike Abonyi in a statement, said Nwodo had warned all party officials involved in the conduct of the primary to ensure it conducts its affairs as directed in the party guidelines.
In the statement, Abonyi said: “The NWC frowns at any action either by officials or members that run counter to the guidelines set out by the party in reaction to issues raised to him by various aggrieved party members, especially aspirants alleging lots of irregularities across the country”.
Among the states that the national chairman has so far received complaints from are Plateau, Abia, Bayelsa, Oyo, Anambra and Enugu. Others are Osun, Lagos, Delta, Kwara and Ebonyi.
“Most of the complaints alleged manipulations by some party leaders to thwart the will of the party members and some deliberate attempts to exclude majority from participating and picking leaders of their choice.
“He, Dr. Nwodo, also referred to some of the issues raised by the complainants to the relevant panels for their attention and necessary action.
“I hereby reiterate the national chairman’s determination to ensure that internal democracy is allowed to prevail in PDP by ensuring that a level playing ground is extended to all aspirants in the party.”
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Original date published: 31 December 2010
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