PDP Crisis: Damagum’s faction gives insight into party fight

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has provided much penetration into the situation rocking the main absorption governmental party.

DAILY POST reports that the PDP has been divided into 2 factions with suspensions and counter-suspensions of its officials successful caller days making the headlines.

In a property briefing by the PDP Acting National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi Manga, successful Abuja connected Monday, the enactment called for caution among members of the National Working Committee.

Speaking connected the ongoing imbroglio, Manga frowned astatine the acts of vituperation against the party’s firm existence, saying it is thing but condemnable!

“This is truthful a clarion telephone to each acrophobic to spot to it that the PDP is not destroyed owed to avoidable conflicts,” helium said.

“We indispensable guarantee that definite actions are not guided by ‘sentiments and idiosyncratic interest’ but successful compliance with the provisions of the Party’s Constitution and different extant guidelines that construe each its intent and purposes.

He explained that the crushed for NWC’s determination to temporarily suspend the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba and the National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, was to let the 4-Man NWC Investigation Committee acceptable up nether the Chairmanship of Deputy National Chairman (South), H.E. Amb Taofeek Arapaja, to freely analyse the allegations of ‘abuse of bureau and insubordination’ levelled against the duo.

“For the record, some NWC affected officers are elder lawyers who should cognize amended connected however to sphere the sanctity of the Organization and person arsenic participated successful the suspension of immoderate of their NWC colleagues successful the past,” helium added.

“So, wherefore termination our large Party owed to the corporate determination of your colleagues against your actions alternatively of availing yourselves of the Investigation Committee’s model to beryllium exonerated oregon otherwise?”

He called for restraint successful the involvement of the Party, saying it is the large absorption enactment successful Nigeria and the anticipation of Nigerians for a amended time successful presumption of the APC strangulating, inept and clueless authorities nationwide.

“It is expedient to wide definite notions and misinformation trending connected this Issue. Gentlemen of the Press, successful the involvement of our large Party’s teeming members, supporters and the wide nationalist who whitethorn person been misinformed astir the situation, delight bash assistance america to pass truthfully what the substance is!

“Let each acrophobic cognize that the Deputy National Publicity Secretary (my humble self) present Acting National Publicity Secretary and Deputy National Legal Adviser and present Acting National Legal Adviser assumed bureau pursuing the Decision of the NWC and it is successful enactment with the PDP Constitution (2017 arsenic Amended) pursuing the ‘absence’ of our substantive officers.

“It is made abundantly wide successful Sections 40(2) and 42(2). It is truthful distasteful for a leader(s) who ought to pass the uninformed but alternatively goes up to misinform connected nationalist tv and different media channels that our presumption of bureau successful acting capableness is unconstitutional and does not exist. Why?

‘Furthermore, we are constrained to explicit our utter disgust and disappointment successful our colleagues’ edifice to the ‘motor pack’ attack to a specified suspension aimed astatine providing them with the accidental to wide themselves of definite allegations against them.
Although we person elaborate cognition of the DRUMMERS, the MASQUERADES should person been guided successful their creation steps to avert stripping themselves bare connected the stage.

“In the look of this reckless usurpation of a subsisting Court Order, we are hereby near with nary enactment but to deploy the services of SECURITY AGENCIES successful the enforcement of the Rule of Law.

“To this end, I privation to precise respectfully commend the involution of the Chairman of the BoT, Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and different well-meaning leaders of the Party connected the request to question an amicable solution soonest.

“We complaint each our Party members to stay focused and support supporting the PDP Leadership nether the Acting National Chairman, H.E. Amb Umar Iliya Damagum until we execute a lasting solution to our issues. “