On Friday, July 31, workers of the Peoples Democratic Party, accused the members of the party’s National Working Committee of being too corrupt and as such, they must be probed.

The disgruntled workers alleged that the NWC members demanded N1bn bribe from the Governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, before giving him the party’s governorship ticket.

They also claimed that the same NWC members demanded and received N750m bribe from Ndudi Elumelu, promising to give him the PDP governorship ticket in Delta State.

These allegations were made at a press briefing organised by the workers at Wadata Plaza headquarters of the PDP in Abuja, where they asked all the members of the NWC, led by its Acting National Chairman, Uche Secondus, to resign or face the sack.

The workers were led by their leaders, Ngozi Ezeh (Chairman), and Dan Ochu-Baiye (Secretary).

Ochu-Baiye said, “It is no longer news that the political fortunes of the PDP have continued to dwindle since the coming on board of the present NWC in March 2012.

“The party under the current leadership of Secondus as Acting National Chairman and Prof. Wale Oladipo as National Secretary has been systematically and deliberately dismembered and it is being led to the morgue in preparation for its final burial.

“Never in the glorious history of our great party has its fortunes been so hopelessly mismanaged by an inept and dishonest group whose sworn mission is to permanently destroy and liquidate the lofty organisation that facilitate the current democratic dispensation.

“The current NWC members are only hanging on because of the obscene and bizarre bazaar which they have subjected the purse of the party to.”

“We make bold to say that responsibility for the abysmal outing of the party should be located directly at the doorstep of the NWC members due to the following reasons: Criminal imposition of unpopular candidates and mind boggling extortion of aspirants.

“An example here is the yet to be resolved allegation by Ndudi Godwin Elumelu, who paid whopping N750m to the NWC to obtain the governorship ticket of the party in Delta State. There are many other victims.

“The same scenario is being played out in Kogi State while Bayelsa State is in the wings. In Kogi, it is widely alleged that the incumbent governor was requested to cough out the sum of N1bn to the same NWC to retain his ticket.”