You can’t win Elections without us, New PDP Faction tells Jonathan
The New Peoples Democratic Party, has told President Goodluck Jonathan that he cannot win the 2015 presidential election without them.
The group said the President must not be deceived that they have become inconsequential in the build up to the 2015 elections.
The governors in the New PDP are the
Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido; Governor of Sokoto State,
Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko; Governor of Kano State, Mr. Rabiu Kwankwanso;
Niger State Governor, Aliyu Babangida; Governor of Kwara State,
Abdulfatah Ahmed and the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.
This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the New PDP, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja.
Eze said, “Mr. President should not be deceived by some party leaders who are making him believe that he
can do without us.
“Most of these leaders currently cannot under a properly organised free and fair elections win their wards.
“It is obvious that no presidential
election in Nigeria can be won without states like Rivers, Kano, Sokoto,
Adamawa, Kwara, Niger States, Jigawa and Kebbi states and these are
states we are controlling.
“Check the past general elections and
see that some of these media-created PDP leaders have no followers in
their states at the moment let alone making any impact come 2015.”
The inclusion of Kebbi State among the
states was not clear as the governor, Alhaji Seidu Dakingari had not
openly identified with the New PDP.
Eze also denounced the insinuations in
some quarters that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was behind the
walkout staged by members of the faction at the Eagles Square, Abuja on
the day of the party’s mini convention.
“We view this as creating the impression
that we are not matured enough to determine our political future and
most importantly it was an attempt to smear the international image of
Obasanjo as a distinguished statesman and father of PDP and rubbish his
current efforts to restore peace to a party which is being threatened by
the undemocratic acts of some of its leaders,” the statement added.
Eze added that his group was aware of
attempt to rubbish the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the party,
Chief Tony Anenih, for saying that those in the group had genuine
reasons for their action.
He assured Anenih that members of the
faction would not sit and watch some jokers in Tukur’s faction rubbish
him or make him look ordinary in the affairs of the party.
