The ongoing crisis in the National Conscience Party, NCP, has deepened with some national leaders of the party petitioning the National Executive Committee, NEC, over some alleged anomalies in the party.
They are asking for urgent intervention.
In the petition signed by the National Deputy Chairman, South-East Prince Goodluck Obi, and the National Deputy Chairman, South-South, Pastor Peters Omoragbon, the demanded, among other things, that the National Chairman of the party, Mallam Tanko Yunusa, steps aside from his position ahead of the NEC meeting of the party billed to hold in Abuja.
“We demand that Mallam (Dr.) TankoYunusa step aside as the Chairman of the party during the NEC meeting and duration of the entire proceedings of the Primaries because he is also an aspirant, for fairness, justice and equity. Article 4.4.2 (e), of the Party Constitution is relevant in this circumstance,” they demanded.
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They also requested the highest decision making organs in the party to investigate allegations of financial impropriety reported against a state executive committee.
Omoragbon and others also want the party’s NEC to review the exorbitant nomination fee for aspirants into elective positions without the approval of the highest decision making organ of the party.
“It is also our request that NEC looks into the role(s) of some NEC members in misleading Presidential Aspirants from the South-South into commencing their Presidential bids from the South-West and even sponsoring the South-West Zonal Council meeting and making financial demands from the aspirants to the detriment of their zone of origin.
“NEC should as a matter of urgency look into and curtail the excessive abuse of power and position by both the National Chairman and General Secretary by holding states and zones that have refused to pander to their whims and caprices to ransom.
“This is done by withholding official recognition and refusing to submit the list of duly elected ‘candidates’ from the South-East Zone to INEC because of the powers vested in both officials by the electoral acts.
“And in so doing would subvert the general wills of the people of the South-East states to stooges that do not represent the interest of the zones other than that of the National Chairman and General Secretary.”
It could be recalled that the presidential candidate of NCP in 2015, Marin Onovo, who recently defected from the party said his decision to leave the party was based on the crisis in the party which remained unaddressed for sometime.
