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There isn’t any disaster within the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP), the spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba, has stated.
He stated the present misery within the occasion is simply variations (in opinion) of occasion members which, based on him, are regular in each group and setting.
Mr Ologunagba said this at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday.
He stated the occasion stays united because it prepares for the 2023 basic elections.
His feedback come on the heels of the canine battle between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the occasion’s Nationwide Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.
Mr Wike, who stirred controversy within the occasion since its main in Might, had requested that Mr Ayu step down from his place as a candidate from this South-west area. This shaped the premise of this demand to the occasion and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar – with whom he has additionally been at loggerheads.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how each males met in London final Thursday – the place Mr Wike re-echoed his request.
However the occasion chairman has stated he is not going to resign as a result of he was elected for a four-year tenure. He would go on to explain as “boys and youngsters,” the individuals calling for his resignation.
Amongst these in Wike’s camp are Governors Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Samuel Ortom of Benue State.
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No disaster, occasion united
For Mr Ologunagba, the happenings on the occasion is not going to solely be resolved quickly, however it’s going to additionally not have an effect on the occasion’s focus and preparations for subsequent 12 months’s polls.
Whereas he acknowledged the present discord between some members, he stated they’re all on a mission to rescue Nigeria – collectively.
Points, he stated, are a part of a household and members are certain to have variations.
“We’re a political occasion, we have now members with totally different views,” he stated in a bid to sound assuring. “We’ve got variations, we don’t have crises. We’ve got a disagreement of selection. No disaster in PDP, we have now variations, which is in human nature.”
He stated the occasion respects all members and even Mr Wike has agreed that Nigeria is the problem.
“This occasion is PDP and never one man occasion. The organs of the occasion are working very properly. We would not have a disaster, we have now variations like each natural organisation. We could not agree on strategies however the vacation spot is similar, we wish to rescue Nigeria.”
All of the leaders have agreed and we’re on the identical mission, he added. “This occasion is on the bottom. Strong. The occasion will win the 2023 election. Win majority of the Senate and Home of Representatives.”
He, nevertheless, declined remark on the feud between Messrs Wike and Ayu.
Plans to woo APC members underway
The PDP spokesperson stated the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) introduced the calamity on the PDP as a result of it has “by no means been divided like this earlier than.”
Members of the APC, he defined, are defecting to the PDP. And talks are ongoing with some APC leaders to hitch PDP as a result of “PDP is the place the street is. APC is on life assist, is dying by instalment.”
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