- PDP accuses the APC of causing crisis in its party
- Spokesperson for the opposition party warns that the party will take punitive actions against its member caught engaging in activities capable of causing disaffection within its fold
A caucus of the PDP in the House of Representatives asks security agencies to immediately arrest and prosecute members of the recent breakaway faction of the political organisation
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is planning to make President Muhammadu Buhari the sole candidate in 2019 presidential election.
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The opposition party further alleged that the APC was planning to cause crisis in its party in order to pave way for Buhari’s reelection.
Spokesperson for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, made the allegation at a press conference in Abuja, the Cable reports.
President Buhari wants to be the sole candidate in 2019; that’s why they (APC) want to cause crisis in our party,” he said.
“We are going to stand as a party and we are going to fiercely contest elections in 2019. Our doors are open to Nigerians and anyone who is interested in contesting an election in 2019 can come in.”
Meanwhile, Ologbondiyan warned that PDP will take punitive action against its member caught engaging in activities capable of causing disaffection within its fold.
He gave the warning in respect of t the formation of Fresh PDP by some aggrieved members,
“Any person who for any selfish reason resort to the ignoble part of attempting to create disaffection and disunity in our party will be made to face the consequences of his or her actions as provided for in the constitution of our great party and extant laws of the land,” Ologbondiyan said.
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“It is strange, unacceptable and outside every known law and regulation that a group will come together and claim to have formed a splinter group of our great party and even attempt to use our colour, name and logo unauthorised.
“The PDP remains a highly responsible and law-abiding party, with level playing ground for all to aspire for any position but on no account should we as members submit ourselves to the manipulations of the ruling party to be used as agents of destabilization.
“It is therefore imperative to inform all our members that our party is one indivisible and united PDP and that all organs of the party, the national executive committee (NEC), the board of trustees (BOT) as well as our state organs are all intact, thus foreclosing any basis for form of factionalization whatsoever.”
In a related report, a caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives has asked the police and the Department of State Service (DSS) to immediately arrest and prosecute members of the recent breakaway faction of the political organisation.
The caucus demanded the arrest of members of the Fresh PDP, which recently announced its take-off. In a statement by the deputy minority leader of the House, Hon Chukwuka Onyema, the caucus condemned the group and called it a mere band of ill-disguised impostors.
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Source: Naija.ng