By Mohammed Suleiman Dutse
The Jigawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP says it is in full support of former Governor of the State and founding member of the Party, Alhaji Sule Lamido over his statement on the ongoing crisis in River State
At a news briefing in Dutse, the Secretary of the party, Alh. Isa Gwadayi said all the PDP stakeholders in the State were not suprised about the reaction of the NWC to Lamido’s statement inview of the composition of the top party organ.
He noted that though understandably, the composition and chemistry of the NWC could be excused due to its Lacuna in the historical formation of the PDP, the NWC, members may wish to be reminded that some elders took a lot of risks including going to prison for them to occupy the position they are now enjoying.
According to Gwadayi, it was on this note our leader, Dr. Sule Lamido as a founding father of the PDP after noticing the ambivalence of our NWC, decided to show his genuine and sincere concern by drawing its attention for immediate action.
“Rather than heed to his fatherly counsel, the NWC through the National Publicity Secretary decided to release a disrespectful press statement against our leader.
” We in jigawa have been brought up fighting for the cause of the common man, and struggling for this cause is in our political DNA. We shall stop at nothing in defense of our leader”
The secretary said the primary function or duty of the NWC was to serve, protect and promote the fortunes of our great party to offer means of livehood .We urged the members of NWC to heed the counsel given by Dr. Sule Lamido as a recipe in resolving PDP crisis amicably.
What was the NWC reaction to Lamido’s comment
“The NWC however expresses serious displeasure over incautious conduct, activities and unguarded utterances by certain leaders who are out to disparage critical Organs of the Party, inflame passions, cause division among members and bring our dear Party to public disrepute for their selfish reasons.
“Of particular reference is the deleterious public statement credited to the former Governor of Jigawa State, His Excellency Sule Lamido, which was made apparently with the intent to inject bad blood and drag down our Party for self-seeking motives.
“The NWC has received very disturbing reports that such unscrupulous individuals are recruited by the One-Party-State seeking APC administration to undermine the cohesion that exists within the PDP which will enable it to effectively perform its opposition role for the sustenance of Democracy and the wellbeing of Nigerians.
“It is rather unfortunate that such inexcusable conducts, comments, utterances and betrayals are coming from individuals who have benefitted immensely from the PDP but who have the record and notoriety of brazenly betraying the Party in various elections and at slightest opportunity for their selfish interests.
It could be recalled that Former Jigawa governor, Sule Lamido had berated the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for their failure to mediate in River State political crisis, which he said, had given a “free hand to rapacious scavenger, the APC, to key in with ulterior motives of stealing the party’s fortune.”
Lamido, being one of the PDP’s founding fathers, expressed his anger against the party’s leadership on his Facebook page and urged them to wake-up from their deep slumber to do what is expected from them before it becomes too late.
He said, “The PDP has all leadership structure including National Working Committee (NWC), but one shall wonder how come their total absence in the saga playing out in the party’s family in Rivers? Is the docility of the leadership of the PDP so comatose to the extent that President Tinubu of APC, our sworn rival and opponent is now the grand patriarch of the PDP?
“The PDP National Executive Council (NEC) should feel sufficiently embarrassed if not slighted by the action taken by President Tinubu to reward a political mercenary with PDP fortunes in Rivers State”.
