Otsu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday.
He was reacting to the prospects of the party failing to have a candidate for the governorship election given the crisis that trailed its ward congress election.
Most of the governorship aspirants rejected the outcome of the congresses which will form the nucleus of voters in the primaries.
Nine aggrieved governorship aspirants of the state PDP chapter have said they may resort to legal action if the national leadership of the party fails to address their complaints about last Sunday’s ward congresses.
The PUNCH had reported that nine aspirants boycotted the ward congress to pick delegates that will decide the party’s governorship candidate during the primary scheduled for February 22.
The nine aggrieved aspirants are the state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, Anselm Ojezua, Felix Akhabue, Ambassador Martin Uhomoibhi, Hafia Umoru, Omosede Igbinedion, Dr Earl Onaiwu and Arthur Esene.
However, Igbinedion has pulled out of the group.
The chairman of the congress’ election committee, who is also the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, said the elections were transparent.
Otsu said it was incumbent on Obaseki and the NWC to initiate a genuine reconciliation process that would bring about unity in the party.
“I believe that everything is about politics and can be resolved as such. The earlier this (reconciliation) is done, the better.
“But if it is left to fester, then we stand the unfortunate risk of not fielding a candidate.
“In this case, the governor and the NWC must be ready to take responsibility for, as far as Edo 2024 is concerned,” he said.
The secretary also said that the state executive committee was not satisfied with the ongoing process to pick the governorship candidate.
He stated that no one can be satisfied with a process that he alleged was flawed from the start.
“The mere fraud of depositing the congress materials in the custody of the state governor for ‘safe keeping’ negates the principle of fairness in the process.
“I am sure that is why nine aspirants out of 10 have protested, coupled with the fact that they were excluded’,’ he said.
He said their reactions could not be faulted given the huge investment they made, including about N40 million each, to buy forms.
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