The Chairman of the Cross River State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) as a dancing masquerade who has never been a stable member of the party.
While speaking at press conference in Calabar, the Chairman said “The Senate Leader is a member of the PDP, but he is dancing. He is like a masquerade dancing. What we are doing is observing his dance steps. When a masquerade starts dancing, you have to observe the way he is dancing then you know the direction he is going.
For now, he is a member of the PDP and a senate leader, but we know he is in the arena dancing Ikoso and we are so happy to watch him dance. And when he dances, we now see the exit. Is what he is doing a prelude or whatever? I cannot say. I only know he is dancing around.
“He is a leader in Cross River State, he has a right to visit or pay courtesy call on anybody he likes. He went with some leaders from Cross River State, which I respect. I don’t have any problem with that. Those who have problems have started reacting.
“What I can assure you is that the senate leader has made some statements which, as someone I respect, I refuse to join issues with him. It is not true that he has not been involved in the politics of the PDP in the state.
“When we were doing the local government inauguration, the senate leader went with us to all the local governments in the central senatorial district. There was no local government he did not attend. When we had caucuses to zone positions to local government caucuses and so on, he was completely involved. “In fact the current chairman of Ikom was his own product. Also, the Ikom chapter chairman was his own nominee. When we were zoning governorship to the north, Victor Ndoma-Egba was actively involved in the meeting.
“The point has to be made clear that the point of departure was when Ndoma-Egba lost nomination to represent the central (senatorial district) for the fourth time. That is just the truth of the matter. He has never had any problem with the party on the leader of the party. All those issue of impunity and dictatorship; it was the same Donald Duke and (Liyel) Imoke that removed the senator from Boki who was running for the first time, they made him a senator.
In his second term, the same Imoke made him win his nomination. In his third term it was the same situation. If at this point in time, the senate leader could not get nomination because of the desire of the party, I don’t think any one can now input impunity.”
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