The pioneer chairman of the PDP in the state, Senator James Manager, has revealed how Ibadan meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors was instrumental to the exit of Sheriff Oborevwori, his predecessor Ifeanyi Okowa and other stakeholders in Delta state.
According to him, the decision was taken in consultation with various stakeholders across the state.
Nigerian Tribune quoted Manager as saying that “You have just been told about some of the things that have been happening in the PDP Delta State. Some consultations have been going on and the climax of these consultations is what you are seeing today.
“We have discussed and have disagreed to agree and it is a unanimous agreement. I am the pioneer state chairman of the PDP. But you cannot be in a boat that is already capsizing because I am a riverine man.
“Looking at issues the way they are, we have come to the inevitable conclusion to do something else. It is a collective decision for so many reasons.
“Few days ago, there was a resolution taken by the PDP Governors Forum at Ibadan. Almost all the governors were there and they resolved that they are not going into a coalition with any other party.
“But as disadvantaged as the PDP is now with about 11 governors, how do you go into a contest with an incumbent president? You think you can win? That particular resolution killed the spirit of so many PDP members.
“We lost election in 2015 as a result of a merger which even included splinter groups from the PDP. There are also other reasons.
“Today Senator Anyanwu is the National Secretary of the party; tomorrow it is another person. The party must be positioned to go into an election to win. So, it is becoming very funny. The PDP is truly in trouble.
“If you look well, the current PDP state chairman was in the meeting. The governor was there. The deputy gov-ernor, the immediate past governor, the speaker, all of these persons were in the meeting. The National Assembly members and even the House of Assembly mem-bers, who-is-who in Delta State were in the meeting to make this decision,” he said.
