The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, yesterday, came hard on its former Publicity Secretary, Mr Kennedy Peretei, describing his recent resignation and accompanying remarks as laced with “malice, mischief, and ingratitude.”
In a strongly worded statement signed by the party’s Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Leye Igbabo, the PDP said while it recognised Peretei’s right to quit the party, his “vulgar description and desecration” of the platform that benefitted him amounted to a betrayal of decency and decorum.
The party expressed disbelief that Peretei, who it said once schemed to occupy the chairmanship position, could now describe the PDP as being in an intensive care unit and on its way to the morgue.
The statement read in part: “While it is within the right of any person to freely belong to any association of his or her choice or quit at any time, the vulgar description and desecration of PDP by Mr Kennedy Peretei, its erstwhile Publicity Secretary, smacks of misguidance, malice, mischief, and unfortunately, robs him of the decorum and decency expected from an individual who has immensely benefited from the same organisation he now despises.
“Our party wonders how an unrealised personal ambition of an individual could have suddenly driven a whole organisation to an intensive care unit from where it is allegedly being taken to the morgue.
“The party finds it extremely amusing that Mr Kennedy Peretei, who knew that an organisation was on its way to the morgue, could mindlessly seek and recklessly scheme to take the chairmanship position of such a ‘dead’ party! We therefore believe that Mr Kennedy Peretei may have slumped into a state of hallucination by saying a lively party is on its way to the morgue, when he actually meant to say that his chairmanship ambition has been taken to the morgue!”
Reaffirming its strength and popularity, the PDP said it remains alive and well in Ondo State, which accounts for the intense jostling for leadership positions within its ranks.
“As a matter of fact,” the statement added, “the party is rapidly becoming the darling of the good people of Ondo State, having seen that the present Ondo State governor has not prepared himself for governance in any slightest manner, resulting into governance morbidity and worsening security situation.
“The good people of Ondo State are only waiting for another golden opportunity to correct the past mistakes.”
The party urged individuals to accept the outcome of events whether favourable or not, rather than “crying wolf where none exists,” especially when such outcomes reflect the will of the majority.
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