Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Aggrieved Ward 17 PDP Aspirants Petition Takeme Over Imposition Of Younger Brother


Aggrieved Ward 17 PDP Aspirants Petition Takeme Over Imposition Of Younger Brother


Warri____ The bid to produce candidates for political parties for the 2021 local government area election in Delta state has led to chaos and disarray in the People's Democracy Party Ward 17 structures in Burutu local government area.


The PDP, Chairman, Delta south, Chief Julius Takeme has threatened to remove the Exco members who were part of the selection process saddled with the mandate to produce a candidate for the party in the Ward, if they do not accept and endorse his immediate younger brother, Hon. Spencer Takeme as a sole candidate over and above all other aspirants.


The imposition of his immediate younger brother, Hon. Spencer Takeme over and above all other aspirants has plunged the party hierarchy  into irresistible fractions and disorder. The level of highhandedness exhibited by the Delta South, PDP, Chairman has spark reactions from leaders and party faithfuls, as he turns party affairs to family business.

In a petition cosigned by aspirants who contested for the Ward ticket, reveals that, instead of, to rejig the party, Chief Julius Takeme has turned an impunity monster thus turning party business to sole proprietorship as he uses position to coerce subordinates to sign and affirms his younger brother as a sole candidate of the Ward.


Chief Takeme needs no reminder being, the Chairman, PDP, Delta south does not give him the boastful impetus to override, and to impose personal interest over and above consensus decisions of other leaders. He should therefore, be sanctioned for the flagrant abuse of the powers conferred on him by the party.


At a time that, the party in it helms is looking out for an unbiased and impartial hands to champion its course of repositioning, Chief Takeme, left that orthodox assignment of repositioning unattended to, rather to get down to business of repositioning, he is chasing shadows thus tends to causing the party disarray. 


If the task of repositioning as a political party is demanding of him, he should better resign and allow competent hand to take over its affairs so as to take the party to its eldorado now that it is day.



Part of it which read; 


PETITION AGAINST CHIEF JULIUS TAKEME (SENATORIAL CHAIRMAN, DELTA SOUTH) OVER THE PERPETUATION OF ELECTORAL FRAUD AND ABUSE OF OFFICE: A CALL FOR A REMEDIATION


We, the undersigned, acting for ourselves and on behalf of our numerous supporters, as councillorship aspirants in Obotebe Ward 17 wish to register our displeasure over the shameful imposition of Hon. Spencer Takeme, by his immediate elder brother, Chief Julius Takeme, using his office as Senatorial Chairman, to the detriment of all of us.


As directed by the party leadership, Exco members and selected leaders converged at the residence of the Delta South Senatorial Chairman, Chief Julius Takeme, in order to harmonize and select/elect councillorship candidates for Wards 17 and 18, Burutu Local Government Area. While Rt. Hon. Franc Enekorogha led the group to amicably pick their candidate for Ward 18 without any rancor, the case was different for Ward 17, as the Senatorial Chairman singlehandedly imposed his non-performing immediate younger brother on the people. He did so by threatening to remove the Exco members saddled with the mandate to produce the candidate from the Exco, if they do not accept and endorse his immediate younger brother over and above all other aspirants as the candidate.

This action of the Senatorial Chairman has thrown the Ward into a serious disarray, as party members have threatened to decamp enmass if this ugly trend is not corrected with immediate effect.


The peace and security of Ward 17 is presently at risk, if the needful is not done urgently.

It will be recalled that, in the last Local Government Area elections, all the Aspirants stepped down for the Senatorial Chairman’s younger brother for Ward 17, while the Aspirant for Ward 18 stepped down for the Nephew of Rt. Hon. Franc Enekorogha, upon an understanding that the position will rotate in this election. Rt. Hon. Franc Enekorogha has honorably fulfilled his side of the bargain by telling his nephew to step down.


This action by Rt. Hon. Franc Enekorogha has brought peace in Ward 18 but Chief Julius Takeme has shamelessly and vehemently refused to honor the agreement that was reached in the last elections. To make matters worse, the said Hon. Spencer Takeme is not popular. He is the least qualified, to represent the people of Ward 17. His first tenure registered the worst form of representation as his impact was only negatively felt by the people.


In view of the aforesaid, we demand as follows;


1) Let the name of Hon. Spencer Takeme be dropped as he was not properly selected.


2) All leaders and Exco members should be freely allowed to vote for a candidate of their choice under the supervision of an unbiased umpire.


3) Chief Julius Takeme should be sanctioned for the flagrant abuse of the powers conferred on him by the party.


4) Rt. Hon. Franc Enekorogha should be commended for the display of leadership and holding strictly unto the Gentle Man agreement that was reached in the last election.


We trust that the party leadership is capable of treating this case with all sense of fairness and justice.

Signed:

Comr. Timi Bougha

Comr. Andawei Okou

Comr. Christopher Bebenaghan

Comr. Samisco Okpe


We anticipate that this petition will receive the attention it deserves.

Long Live PDP

Long Live Delta State

Long Live Burutu LGA

Long Live Obotebe

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