Rivers PDP acting excos move to probe anti-party activities during 2023 elections

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On Thursday, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Rivers State Acting Executive Committee pledged to look into claims of anti-party activity by its members in the state from all angles.

The committee also stated that it would not think twice about recommending sanctions, such as suspensions or expulsion from the party, regardless of an individual’s position or influence. It also revealed plans to form a disciplinary panel in the next few days.

It stated that members’ behaviour during the general elections in 2023 will be the subject of the investigation.

Acting executives from state and local government levels attended a news briefing where the committee made this commitment.

Robinson Nname-Ewor, the acting state chairman, declared that they will start working right now to mend and reconstruct the once-great party, which, according to him, was ravaged, with 319 electoral wards, 23 LGAs, and the entire state without hope. They would restore the PDP Rivers State Chapter to its former glory, he underlined.

“To achieve this, we shall consult all critical stakeholders of the party, unite members, and work with them to restore the already lost hope. We shall embark on a sensitization tour across the 23 LGAs and initiate a membership drive to boost the party’s population for future elections.

“In the coming days, we shall also set up a ‘Disciplinary Committee’ to address issues of anti-party activities, particularly during the 2023 General Elections and beyond, and any other activities by members that could bring the party into disrepute.

“Those found wanting shall be appropriately disciplined, including but not limited to suspension, dismissal, and sanctions recognized by the party,” he said.

The Acting Executive outlined particular requirements for the PDP’s survival in Rivers State.

It stated that the complete restoration of the PDP’s leadership in the state under Governor Siminalayi Fubara is one of the essential requirements.

It further stated that after a State High Court dismissed the Aaron Chukwuemeka-led executive, the Acting Executive, headed by Robinson Nname-Ewor, must be acknowledged as the party’s legal leadership.

Recall how on January 13, 2025, a Rivers State High Court dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers State Chapter’s Ward and Local Government Executive Committees, as well as the alleged State Executive Committee, which was chaired by Chukwuemeka Aaron.

“The congresses that produced Aaron Chukwuemeka were in contravention of a High Court order directing that no congresses be held in the state until the substantive issues are resolved.

“Following this, the original State Executive Committee of the party, whose tenure ended in June/July 2024, has, in a well-publicized press conference held on January 15, 2025, assumed leadership of the party in an acting capacity.

“The State Executive Committee is now being led by me, High Chief Nname Robinson Ewor, as Acting Chairman, and Field Nkor as Acting Secretary, alongside other members.”

“We are pleased to inform you that a copy of the judgment has been duly transmitted to the party’s National Secretariat, and our assumption of office as Acting State and Local Government Executives has been communicated while we await further developments,” the committee said.

At first, the Acting Executive was supposed to take over the PDP State Secretariat on Thursday at 23 Aba Road.

To avoid any possible crisis in the state, the Acting Chairman declared that the plan had been put on hold.

“In a very recent development, security agencies, aware of our position to reclaim the party Secretariat, have advised that we halt the process to maintain peace. They are currently at the party Secretariat to prevent a possible breakdown of law and order,” he added.

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