The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has vowed not to resign from office.

Secondus, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Ike Abonyi on Monday opined that nothing so far warrants his resignation.

The Chairman urged those fighting against him to come clean and tell party members across the country his offense and why he should resign.

The terse statement read, “The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has said that he will not resign his position.

“Prince Secondus said in a short statement from his media office that nothing so far warrants his resignation from the party position and those tiny minority calling for his resignation should come clean and tell party members across the country his offence why he should resign.

“He said he will remain focused and committed to the ideals of the party which he swore to protect and defend upon his election to lead this great party 44 months ago.”

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The chairman’s statement came a few hours after the PDP caucus in the House of Representatives demanded his resignation.

The caucus, which met last Saturday, in a communique, said the party would be in grave danger if Mr Secondus was allowed to continue in office in the next three months.

The lawmakers asked the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the party and the PDP Governors Forum to commence the re-engineering of the party.

The tenure of Mr Secondus and other members of the National Working Committee (NWC) will expire in December having been elected for a four-year mandate in December 2018.

Some members of Nigeria’s main opposition party have expressed dissatisfaction with the leadership of the national chairman.

They claimed that the party’s misfortune has nosedived since Mr Secondus took over.

The members repeatedly cited the many defections that have hit the party, including those of three of its governors and members of the National Assembly.