By Patrick Ochei
Youths of Isoko extraction under the name, Concerned Isoko PDP Youth Faithful have called on the State leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP to immediately commence disciplinary action against the State Youth Leader of the party, Mr. Victor Egbo for openly indulging in anti party activities against the party’s House of Representatives candidate for Isoko Federal Constituency.
This demand was made in a press briefing on the 1st of January, 2023, to draw the attention of party leaders and stakeholders on the possibility of breakdown of law and order should the Youth Leader continue in such impunity and lawlessness against the party that puts food on his table.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Amb. Ugagaoghene Ogheneyole condemned the deliberate actions of the State PDP Youth Leader, Mr Victor Egbo whom he said, had veered off the tenets of Party loyalty and supremacy by undermining Isoko PDP with actions capable of ridiculing her much cherished respect for constitutional democracy.
He stated that “It is with utter disappointment that we members of the Isoko PDP Youth Faithful are calling on the Leadership of Delta State PDP to review and take steps to forestall anti party activities in public glare as demonstrated by Victor Egbo when he endorsed the candidature of the SDP flagbearer in Isoko Federal Constituency.
“It is no longer news that Victor Egbo who is currently the PDP Youth Leader, attended an SDP campaign function in Oleh on the 30th December, 2022, where he openly campaigned against the PDP House of Representatives flagbearer by calling on the entire Oleh people to vote against him as our party’s candidate over a campaign altercation between individuals. This is unacceptable.
“It is of common knowledge that the Delta State PDP has it that the PDP Youth Leader has toed this shameful path that calls for disciplinary actions. He has not been able to muster the courage to challenge or reply candidates of the opposition who have been throwing tantrums on Governor Okowa, Sheriff Oborevwori and other PDP candidates, but he was quick to run to SDP campaign rally to pitch the people against the very party that gave him platform as a Youth Leader. For us as Isoko Youths, we take serious exception to these ignoble acts”, he affirmed.
Still furious over why the PDP Youth Leader should play the path that he is currently playing, Ogheneyole allegedly recalled that the same Victor Egbo was the person who packaged a Labour Party faithful to gain cheap popularity by embarrassing the Governor and Vice Presidential candidate with a rejected appointment.
He said that the confidence of the youths is waning with Victor Egbo remaining at the helms of affairs of Youth leadership in the State, insisting that he is a bad omen for the party ahead of the coming general elections.
His words, “We are worried by this disloyal act that tends to bring our party to disrepute. Victor Egbo needs to show cause why he went that low. We are law abiding party loyalists who are only calling for things to be done right as Victor Egbo’s action did not represent the true Isoko spirit.
“We urge our party at the state level to review and evaluate this issue by meting out appropriate sanctions to forestall such ludicrous vetuperation. We remain law abiding and waiting for our party’s response; however, we are always here to defend the ethics and tenets of our party at all times”, Ogheneyole added.
