- A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Umar Ardo, said ex-president Atiku Abubakar’s return to the party will lead to crisis
- He made the statement during an interview with Leadership newspaper
- Umar Ardo is a former governorship aspirant in Adamawa and former special assistant to ex-president Atiku Abubakar
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governorship aspirant in Adamawa state, Dr Umar Ardo said ex-president Atiku Abubakar’s return will be the source of the conflict in the party.
Ardo who is a former special assistant to the former vice president made the statement during an interview with Leadership newspaper.
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NAIJ.com gathered that the return of the former vice president portends conflict and crises for the party.
Ardo said: “Atiku is not coming in to build the party; he is coming to further his own ambition, and that will be the source of the conflict. Already, the conflict has been sown in Adamawa state because we won’t accept the illegality he just created in the state, and it will blossom to the national level.
"In order to achieve his avid ambition he will still create more illegalities at the national level. For example, being PDP former vice president he will insist on attending the December 9 National Convention as a statutory delegate. But he is lawfully ineligible, because by virtue of section 8(18) of the PDP constitution, any person who earlier left the party and later returns shall lose the seniority and privileges conferred on him by his previous status."
On whether Atiku could get the PDP ticket to contest the presidential election, Ardo said: it is highly unlikely for Atiku to get the ticket of the party. If the party decides to adopt the famous Option A4 nomination process, I can guarantee you Atiku will not scale through his ward, and if he manages to do so, he will be dead on arrival at the local government level. Don’t forget we’re from the same LGA and I have always defeated them in that LGA, from the days of Odili’s contest till date. And I assure you the situation will remain like that for a very long time to come.”
“As of defeating Buhari in the north, in the unlikely event that he is filled in by the PDP, I’ll say the possibilities do not exist. The Northern Caliphate establishment had never supported him even though he took their titles and married their daughter,” Ardo said.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the return of the former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would add value to the process of rebuilding the party for greater heights.
In a statement issued by Dayo Adeyeye, the national publicity secretary of the party, described the return of Abubakar as a welcome development.
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Source: Naija.ng