The NDC's National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director Esq., signed the disclaimer. It states plainly that Ezeala "is not elected or appointed by any organ of our great party as deputy national publicity secretary or into our NWC or NEC as a member." That single sentence carries the weight of the entire statement. Everything else in the disclaimer builds around it.

According to the party, Ezeala holds no position on the National Executive Committee or the National Working Committee. He is not, the NDC says, a member of the party's executive at the national, state, or local government level. The statement does not say when Ezeala began using the title, nor how long he is alleged to have operated under it before the party moved to disown him.

The financial allegations are the most serious part of the disclaimer. The NDC says Ezeala collected large sums of money from members by promising to secure party tickets and political appointments. No figure is given. No list of alleged victims appears in the statement. The party does not say whether any of the transactions were reported to it directly by the affected members or surfaced through other channels.

The NDC says it acted after receiving "several complaints" about Ezeala's conduct. The statement does not specify how many complaints, over what period, or from which states. That absence of detail leaves open how widespread the alleged scheme was, and whether it was confined to Abia or extended into other party structures.

The most consequential accusation involves what the party calls an illegal "Congress" in Abia State, Ezeala's home state. The NDC says Ezeala organized this gathering "through intimidation and other means," and that it produced what the party describes as an unlawful parallel executive there. A parallel executive claim is not a minor administrative dispute. It suggests two competing structures now claim legitimacy within the same state chapter, a situation that, if unresolved, typically ends up before either party's internal disciplinary organs or a court.

The disclaimer does not name any member of this alleged parallel executive besides Ezeala. It does not say whether the parallel structure has held further meetings, issued statements, or attempted to act on the party's behalf since its alleged formation. Whether Abia's official party structure recognizes any of that parallel executive's members in other capacities is not addressed.

The party's language throughout is categorical. It describes Ezeala's activities as "fraudulent" and warns that he has "no authority to represent the party at any level." The NDC has told members and the public not to conduct any transaction with Ezeala on the party's behalf. That instruction, embedded near the end of the statement, functions as both a warning and a liability shield: having disclaimed him in writing, the party positions itself to argue it bears no responsibility for deals struck in Ezeala's name going forward.

The disclaimer closes with a call to action rather than a resolution. The NDC has asked anyone who believes they were defrauded by Ezeala to report the matter formally to the office of the party's National Secretary. That instruction is notable because it routes the complaints internally, at least for now, rather than pointing members toward police or anti-fraud agencies such as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Whether the party intends to escalate the matter beyond its own offices is not stated.

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Ezeala has not been quoted or cited responding to any of the allegations in the NDC's statement. No independent confirmation of the fraud claims, the intimidation claims, or the existence of a parallel Abia executive appears in the disclaimer beyond the party's own account. The statement is, as published, one side's version of events, delivered through its own publicity office.

What remains unclear is what happens next inside Abia State, where the alleged parallel executive is said to be operating. The NDC has not said whether it will pursue legal action against Ezeala, refer the matter to law enforcement, or rely solely on the National Secretary's office to process complaints. Until members come forward and the party discloses how many formal reports it receives, the scale of the alleged fraud, and the fate of the disputed Abia leadership structure, remain open questions the NDC's own statement does not answer.