BEVERLY HILLS, February 28, (THEWILL) – A Group within the Lagos chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, “the PDP Collectives” has called on the National Working Committee of the party to call the National Legal Adviser to order over its tactical support to a lawsuit that seeks to postpone the South West Zonal Congress of the party.
The group in a release it issued Friday, titled: “PDP is on the path of self-destruction” and signed by its Chairman, Professor Tejumade Akitoye-Rhodes said the role of the National Legal Adviser in a purported lawsuit that seeks to derail the Congress is rather disingenuous, suspicious, offensive and in bad taste, saying if allowed to subsist, it will lay a very dangerous precedent that may eventually set the party itself on the path of implosion.
PDP Collectives said “the Governor of Ọyọ State, Engineer Seyi Makinde brought to the public forum Thursday, an ambiguous attempt by the PDP National legal adviser to halt and postpone the South West Zonal Congress already scheduled for March 6, 2021, through a very dubious court process, adding that, “there is apparently no smoke without fire”.
“ And why single out the South West alone? This is totally unacceptable. It is an insult to the Yoruba people. It is an insult to Governor Makinde himself who is the leader of the party in the Southwest. If this charade is another way of telling the Yoruba people that they are not wanted in the PDP, they should note that no party can win the presidential election without significant electoral input from the Southwest”, the group said.
The Group said it strongly advise the National Working Committee to warn the legal adviser who is obviously playing an unveiled destabilizing role to desist forthwith.
“ The Peoples Democratic Party is currently facing all kinds of self-inflicted challenges from various quarters. The National Auditor recently accused the managers of the party of untidy bookkeeping. Sponsored factions are springing up virtually in all zones. The party platform appears wobbly, stripped of a firm, steadfast rudder. If the present managers feel overwhelmed and incapable of equitable leadership, it is our strong belief that they should step aside graciously for a National Caretaker Committee whose vision and commitment will be predicated on instilling discipline, justice, fairness and sincere leadership to the party”, PDP Collective said.
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AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.
