Paul
Moderator
The ‘New PDP’ faction, which has Mr. Kawu Baraje as national Chairman has been declared undemocratic by the Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, who shows her support for Mr. Bamanga Tukur as National Chairman of the party.
According to Sunday Punch, the publicity Secretary of Lagos PDP, Mr. Taofik Gani says that Tukur remains the only national chairman of the party that is reorganised by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
He said, “It is not proper, especially at this very premature stage, to give recognition to any group of people who have decided to raise a parallel leadership for the PDP, no matter which kind of radicalism they want to bring in. It is the position of Lagos PDP that he who must come to equity must come with clean hands. The idea of forming a parallel executive is wrong. Everybody knows that executives can only be elected at a valid national convention.
“They did not have any convention. What happened was that they walked out of an ongoing convention and held a press conference and they say they have an executive. That was undemocratic, which should be what they are fighting against.”
Gani added that it was unfortunate that the crisis in the party had reached the stage where some people decided to rebel. He advised the national leadership of the party to beware of the opposition.
“PDP needs to be careful now more than ever before because now we have a vibrant opposition that is standing on the side to cash in on any acrimony in the PDP. Let it also be known that the Lagos PDP is not going to take hook line and sinker the assertion that these people who call themselves New PDPare out to revolutionalise the party.