Concerned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths across the 36 states of Nigeria have accused the National Youth Leader of the party, Udeh Okoye of carrying out a hatchet job he was elected to do in 2016.
A statement issued and signed on behalf of the youths in Abuja by Abdulrasheed Dambazzau accussed the former Enugu state lawmaker of fronting for other members of the party that resigned by collecting N25million each for the anti-party assignment from a serving PDP governor.
He said Udeh was known for such hatchet job during his days as a serving lawmaker in Enugu state before going bankrupt, and subsequent election into the National Working Committee (NWC) of PDP.
Dambazzau, who accussed Okoye of anti-party activities, said he was already eating from both sides of his mouth before a serving governor out of overzealousness and over ambition, decided to use him to reach other members of the NWC.
Okoye, who was accussed of diverting series of funds set aside for youths mobilisation and orientation both before, during and after electioneering campaigns in 2019, cannot turn around to play saint in the current dispensation.
“He has soon forgotten how he diverted and stole in the daylight millions of naira in his custody in Port Harcourt meant to mobilise youths.
“How I wish he will remember so much funds voted for his office to mobilise and carry along youths of the party, only for him to take his exit to Enugu for weeks and returned after squandering the official funds.
“Udeh has soon forgotten how youths some few months ago,bpassed a vote of no confidence on him, and advised him to resign, having turned the national youth leaders office, into his personal assets.”
He denied the allegations of fraud and incompetence against Uche Seconds whose tenure won many states for PDP before the ruling party used the courts and intimidation to annexe them.
“How will Secondus stopped the defection of governor’s when the party could not do otherwise when five PDP governor’s left in 2014 during President Jonathan’s administration,” he queried.
He described the national youth leader as lameduck and earned him not to destabilize the PDP at this crucial time, saying this is PDP at the national level and not Enugu State.
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