. . . Vows to fight on

The embattled ex-national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has cried out over alleged blackmail to not only hijack the party, but to also destroy it, by a state governor he refused to name.

Secondus who however vows to fight on for justice, said the orchestrated plan to hijack the soul of the PDP by one of the governors, has led to unrestrained blackmail against him.

The former national chairman of the party further alleged that he was victimized without any justification after years of selfless service to the party.

He said the accusation that he didn’t meet up with his obligations at ward level in Rivers state, as national chairman of the party baseless lies and ridiculous. He frowned on the interim order of the court of law that sacked him, saying the court based its judgment on ‘frivolous story’ told by “the said governor and his errand boys went ahead to get the court ruling against Prince Secondus.”

Secondus said he was left with no option but to fight for his fundamental rights “by approaching the court to seek redress and correct the blackmail and concoctions”.

He even though he lamented the nature of his accusations nature of the allegations, being a staunch believer in the rule of law he decided to respect the court by staying away but will continue to seek the necessary right that should “correct the judicial ambush against him and the party”.

He laments that he is being further accused of romancing with the opposition party. An allegation he describes as ‘fabrications and laughable lies’.

But, Secondus reacting to this allegations said he deemed it absolutely necessary this time to correct the record. He said this in a statement made available to reporters by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, on Thursday.

The statement said Secondus records in the party remains untainted from state Chairman to National Organizing to Deputy National Chairman to National Chairman since December 2017.

Abonyi claimed Secondus accusers are “afraid that their devious agenda could backfire, the said governor and his stooges have resorted to linking Prince Secondus with the opposition when facts are there who secretly relates with the opposition”.

He alleged that the allegations came because “he blatantly refused to be swayed by individual ambition of a Governor that wants him to be a good boy by circumventing the rules of the party.”

The statement reads: “The leaders are uncomfortable with Prince Secondus' straight face and unbending stance on fairness and transparency in the conduct of party affairs particularly elections and congresses.

“These explanations have become absolutely necessary particularly for some gullible party faithful who have been feed with all kinds of lies.

“Prince Secondus insistence on his fundamental human rights is not driven by any inordinate ambition but basically to stop the unilateral hijack of the party by some members who are copiously driven by inordinate ambition.

“Having paid his dues in serving this party at various strategic levels and has been at the highest command position of the party for the last 46 months, from where he recorded enormous achievements, Prince Secondus will not sit and watch power mongers driven by crazy ambition to rise and hijack and destroy this party.”

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