Leadership war: Read the shocking thing governors said will happen to PDP soon

– The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum Dr Olusegun Mimiko is afraid over the possible extinction of the party

– Mimiko who is also the Ondo state governor said PDP could go into extinction based on the current leadership war rocking the party

The national secretariat of PDP is has not been opened for at least 52 days after it was shut by the security operatives.

Mimiko based his fears on indiscipline among the rank and file of party members which has given rise to several litigations in different courts on the leadership tussle in the party. The Ondo state governor spoke at the zonal meeting of the PDP held in Akure, the Ondo state capital on Tuesday, July 12.

The two warring factions of former governors Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi are in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja courts fighting over who controls the party.

Mimiko said it was lack of respect for party rules that made people to head to court over issues that could be resolved without interference of the judiciary. He added that lack of discipline must be kicked out of the PDP before it kills the party.

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While possibly referring to Senator Sheriff, the PDP Governor’s Forum chairman wondered how a person could think of running a political party based on court judgements when all organs of the PDP have not given him the approval to do such. He said the courts cases may eventually lead to the death of the PDP and foster one-party state and dictatorial tendency on all Nigerians.

Mimiko said: “Unless, let me repeat it, unless we exorcise this demonic tendency to rush to the court, this party will never find its feet: the future is jeopardised, the future will continue to be uncertain if each time anybody feels abused the next thing is to go to court. “I think this is one area we must tackle as a party if we must move forward. That is the biggest threat and challenge we have as a party.

Nobody should deceive himself, especially those who are not direct political practitioners, nobody should deceive himself that trouble in PDP will necessarily translate and remain as trouble within PDP alone. Ultimately, the PDP that is unsettled is a veritable origination of dictatorship in our land.”

Furthermore, Mimiko said the high level of indiscipline in the PDP led to series of leadership crises at the national level and challenges that also have overbearing effects in some state branches of the party.

In Mimiko’s words, he said “there is no question about the fact that recent events within our party can challenge anybody no matter how strong hearted you are. Recent events in our party can set people asking; is this party really jinxed?

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“One of those weaknesses is this demonic propensity to rush to the court for issues that can be settled within. I think the level of indiscipline in the PDP is the number one challenge we have.”

Mimiko made a comparison between the  PDP with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying “as divisive as APC is, in spite of all the different tendencies working themselves out in APC, I have not heard of their cases in court.

But, PDP has endless cases in courts. That is the demon we must exorcise from PDP if this party must progress.”

On the other hand, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, a one-time national vice chairman (South-South) of the PDP said he was sure the party will come out stronger after its current leadership crisis.

Senator Sheriff has dismissed the allegations that Senator Buruji Kashamu who is representing Ogun East Senatorial District at the National Assembly is his political godfather.

The embattled PDP factional national chairman Ali Modu Sheriff himself has denied ever having a political godfather in all his years in politics

On the issue of Senator Buruji Kashamu and the PDP crisis,a statement was issued to that effect which reads: “While it remains obvious that the said report was part of the mischief and orchestrated smear campaigns embarked upon by some people against the National Chairman, we wish to state for the avoidance of doubt that, he has no godfather in  politics and Senator Buruji Kashamu could not have been one.

“It is becoming clearer that the PDP national chairman’s critics have run out of ideas on how to achieve their selfish agenda, hence the resort to blackmail and blatant falsehood in order to distract Sheriff from manifesting his capacity to re-position the PDP.”

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