When a former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, addressed a news conference to
commemorate his 79th birthday in Lagos on Thursday, he seized the opportunity
to sound a note of warning to the party. The party, he argued, could be swept
into the scrap heap of history before the 2027 general election “if nothing is
done by the leaders to salvage” it.
A house divided against itself cannot stand. Thus,
Chief George said the main opposition party “is in serious trouble due to
selfish interests of few individuals who are bent on selling the party to the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).”
In his words: “As a loyal party man who lives, thinks,
talks, breathes and defends PDP, I have never left this party since it was
formed; so today gives me a great opportunity to deliberate on the future of
our party.
“Even as elders of the party are preparing to meet on
November 28 in Abuja to chart the way forward, I owe it a duty to declare
openly that all is not well with our party. Our party is derailing.
“This is unfortunate because the crisis in our party
has further complicated the present tragedy in the socio-economic indices of
our dear nation.
“I am raising the alarm today that our party is at the
precipice of a dangerous looming crisis if pending critical party issues are
not urgently addressed.
“If the PDP must rescue Nigerians from the vicious
grip of APC in 2027, this must be a major agenda during our NEC meeting in
Abuja,” George said.
Expressing the belief that the PDP was the only party
that could save Nigeria, George said that the party must be ready to seize the
opportunity to move the country forward.
According to him, the party must not allow disloyal
elements to continue to use the platform for their selfish interests, saying
disloyalty is a very grave offence.
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