Involved PDP Members yesterday threatened to reveal the harassment of girls within the occasion, if the occasion management fails to droop its nationwide girls chief (NWL), Mrs. Amina Darasimi D. Bryhm.
The Involved PDP Members additional gave the occasion’s Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) three days to droop Bryhm the best way it suspended the occasion nationwide vice chairman (South-South), Chief Dan Orbih.
However the embattled PDP nationwide girls chief, Bryhm, has denied the allegations towards her, saying she was bowled over by the protest. She denied orchestrating any official intimidation, harassment and divisiveness within the girls wing of the occasion beneath her watch.
Involved PDP Members, led by its chief, Dr Obianuju Ogoko, besieged the doorway of PDP nationwide secretariat, Abuja, and accused the girl chief of harassing occasion girls.
Ogoko, who signed the protest letter to the group to the PDP NWC, mentioned girls within the PDP have change into endangered species and not really feel at dwelling within the occasion.
The letter said that within the final six months, Bryhm allegedly engaged in “vicious acts of intimidation, exclusion, harassment and persecution of girls within the Celebration particularly these she perceived to be towards her emergence as Lady Chief.”
It added, “The NWL is accused of regularly engaged in actions that proceed to pitch the Celebration towards the ladies; a state of affairs that brings the Celebration particularly the NWC into disrepute, hatred and public contempt.
“She has been accused by quite a few occasion members to divisive and seen to make use of unsuspecting and susceptible younger girls within the PDP to intimidate, harass and bully girls who she perceives as not supportive to her opinions.
“Such acts of intimidation, bullying and harassment and fictionalization of the ladies Wing had additionally disrupted the unity and peaceable and environment friendly conduct of Ladies actions within the Celebration.”
Explaining the strategy adopted by the Lady Chief, the group mentioned, “extra distressing is that the NWL is accused of encouraging a few of her employees to make use of violence and intimidating actions towards the ladies who she perceives as being towards her.
“Shockingly, the NWL is accused of encouraging of one of many employees, Ms, Adiela Nwosu to make use of the Police to harass harmless Celebration members, the newest being a police assault towards Ms. Ada Okwori, whose offence is that she contested the place of the Lady Chief.
“This matter which is at present earlier than the Police has been dealt with in very poor style. Given the social media publicity position of Ms Nwosu, it’s essential that we handle the broader context of this situation.”
The group additional mentioned: “Whereas we concentrate on the present case earlier than the Police, different revelations may have damaging implications on the Celebration and its management.”
The group additionally said the difficulty of sexual harassment within the occasion, including, “we want to spotlight a associated situation involving sexual harassment and intimidation which can be linked to the Police. There are different developments that aren’t for quick consideration.”
The letter added that the PDP Ladies Wing has been so divided and distressed within the occasion’s historical past.
The PDP group additional demanded “the quick resignation/suspension of the NWL from the NWC for direct violation of sections 58, 1 (b), (h), (j) and (ok). This demand is available in gentle of repeated incidents of harassment and intimidation of Celebration members beneath her management.”
In her response, the PDP nationwide girls chief, Bryhm, mentioned she was bowled over by the protest, including that the mentioned Ms. Adiela Nwosu, who’s being accused of bullying PDP girls shouldn’t be her aide as alleged by the protesters and as such can’t be held liable for Nwosu’s actions.
Bryhm nevertheless assured of correct investigation into all the problems raised by the protesters in order to make sure satisfactory safety, unity and peaceable participation of girls in politics on the platform of the PDP.
She urged PDP girls to proceed to work collectively within the curiosity of the Celebration particularly and Nigeria typically.
