Jonathan’s men plotting to split PDP, leadership raises the alarm
NATIONAL leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has
accused aides of President Goodluck Jonathan of planning to cause crisis in the
party to pave the way for more members to dump the PDP for the All Progressives
Congress, APC.
The PDP warned that it had concluded
plans to sanction the aides of the president whom it described as over
ambitious and taking advantage of their closeness to Jonathan to split the
party, adding that it soon would expose such individuals and make
them face the full weight of the party disciplinary measures if they failed to
immediately retrace their steps.
In a statement, yesterday, by PDP
National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the party said, it was “aware
of the clandestine activities of such aides and associates of the president
including their unholy alliance with some elements in other parties to
undermine and weaken the PDP by attacking its leadership.
“The NWC is aware that these same
individuals who mismanaged the presidential campaigns are now desperately
seeking to cause crisis in the PDP with a view not only to divert attention
from their misdeeds but also to ensure that they remained politically relevant
by hijacking the party structure for their selfish purposes,”the statement
said.
Jonathan and Muazu
“We are aware that these individuals
have been trying to arm-twist the President to summon a
meeting of party
leaders at the Presidential Villa in the coming days where the NWC members
would be put under pressure to resign thereby triggering a crisis in the
leadership at the national level.
“The party is aware that the same
group has been sponsoring series of amorphous bodies and negative publications
in a section of the media to peddle false allegations against the NWC to back
their heinous and unconstitutional demands that the President should sack the
NWC before the handover date of May 29, 2015.
On the issue of the performance of
the party in the general elections and allegations of mismanagement of
presidential campaign funds, the NWC reiterated that it had no case
to answer, as Nigerians already knew the truth regarding those who managed the
campaigns including the funds, adding, “Nigerians are not at loss as to the
fact that the PDP NWC did not manage the campaign and its fund. Those who
managed the campaigns have already submitted their reports to the President who
in his wisdom gave them the mandate and they have been applauded for a job well
done at that level.”
Meanwhile, following the calls for
the sack of the PDP NWC, the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu
Muazu, yesterday, took a swipe at those behind the calls, warning that
the attitude of ‘use and dump’ must stop.
Muazu, who warned PDP governors,
leaders, stakeholders, elders and members that the party cannot continue with
the culture of changing National Chairmen and members of the NWC, said the
infighting and mudslinging in the party after losing
the 2015 presidential election was uncalled for.
In a statement in Abuja, the
PDP leader noted that the present leadership of the party has until next year
to run its course, stressing that the party would, in 2016, decide
how to deal with zoning of the next leadership and strategies for
winning the 2019 elections.
Defectors from PDP to APC
are political harlots — Hon. Akinlaja
In a related development, members of
the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, defecting to the All Progressives
Congress, APC, following the latter’s nationwide
victory in the presidential ,National Assembly and gubernatorial
elections across the country have been advised to return
to the PDP to help rebuild the party.
Making the appeal in Lagos,a
PDP member of the House of Representatives representing Ondo East-Ondo
West Federal Constituency, Hon Joseph Akinlaja, implored the defected
PDP members to have a rethink of their action, adding that the
defeat of the party at the polls didn’t mean that the party had
collapsed.
“PDP is still very much alive.
PDP is not dead. PDP will rise again. Our defeat during
the elections by APC should not discourage PDP members.
Defection is not then answer. The best thing for all of us
to do is to re-strategies, and come back as
a formidable political party to challenge APC with a view of
becoming the ruling party again”, he declared.
While saying the PDP will
strive to become a stronger political party, he told the defectors:
“I don’t want the defectors to
see politics as bread and butter affair
alone. Politics is also about principle . Why should
you cross carpet or defect simply because your party lost an election? Election
is about losing and winning. When you win, you celebrate and when
you lose it is not the end of the world, you only need to go back to the
drawing board to plan for the future. If you jump ship anytime your party
have challenges or lost an election,then you are a political
harlot, and that is not good for your image”.
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