Party Leaders Blame Atiku, Wike As Cause of Crisis In PDP

Leaders of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed in Abuja over those responsible for the lingering crisis in the party.

The PDP has been engulfed in crisis since the conduct of the Presidential primary of the last election won.

The crisis also contributed to the defeat of the party by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last election.

Speaking at a conference entitled “Fix PDP To Fix Nigeria” on Tuesday in Abuja, a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, blamed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as been responsible for the impasse in the party.

But the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Ibrahim Abdullahi who disagreed with Ugochinyere, blamed the former Vice President Atiku for the crisis in the party.

Ugochinyere blamed the Acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum and the former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike as the problem of the party.

Ugochinyere said, “When I was coming, I saw Fix PDP to Fix Nigeria. Very fantastic. But before you fix PDP you have to fix everything that is internal. And that starts with the issue of leadership struggle. We can’t wave it aside. And let me tell you, as long as we don’t resolve these issues, the people out there are just laughing at us.

“Like basic constitutional responsibility, Article 45 and 47, a tradition that we have maintained over the years. We find it difficult to speak the truth. What is Damagum still doing? And I ask you here now, as the national chairman of the party. So let’s leave Wike out of it. Wike has taken a job to run an errand for APC. So we already know where he belongs.” He said

While blaming Atiku for the problems in the party, Abdullahi said the NWC led by Damagum is not in the pocket of Wike as alleged.

adding that Atiku should be blamed.

“We inherited the problems we are facing today. We are not in the pocket of Wike. Atiku Abubakar succeed in foisted the worse government in the person Buhari on us. Atiku left the party with all the effort many other people have done And then he surfaced again and got the ticket.

“We all rallied behind this same Atiku and we went to that election. There’s no way at the eve of that election five governors would be threatening this party and Atiku Abubakar would play that kind of levity and carelessness to say that they can go to hell.

“Aided by an Ayu, who was clearly working for something different from what we are, the problem that this present NWC is contended with Is a problem we inherited.”

Credit: Daily Trust