- Attempts to resolve the PDP crisis after the Presidential primaries have failed
- Atiku’s allies are blamed for the election defeat due to their refusal to reconcile with Wike’s group before the polls
Attempts by some stakeholders to resolve the crisis that has ravaged the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) since the conduct of the Presidential primaries have failed.
Party chieftains and even members of the National Working Committee (NWC) loyal to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike are now fighting for the party’s soul.
According to a reliable party chieftain, attempts by the party’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, to convene a reconciliation meeting have been rebuffed by party chieftains loyal to Atiku who have vowed to work for the expulsion of Wike and his loyalists.
According to the source, many party members blame former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his allies for the defeat at the polls because he refused to reconcile with Wike’s led G5 prior to the election.
He said:
The belied among many PDP members is that if Atiku had listened to wise counsel by some party leaders, he would have prevailed on Ayu to resign before the election and probably the party would have defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former Vice President should rein in his allies and join the acting Chairman to work for reconciliation towards putting the party on a good footing before the next elections in November.
I am surprised that the same people that told anyone that wants to listen that they can win the election without the G5 Governors have turned around to blame them for the loss.
The earlier everyone understood that the party needs all its members and leaders to function effectively and also win election, the better for us all.
An NWC member also told Daily Trust that speculations that the Acting National Chairman, Damagum, had been embezzling party funds were false because he arrived at the party headquarters to find an empty treasury.
According to him, the treasury was nearly empty after Ayu was suspended following the loss of the election and some renovations at the party headquarters.
So what funds are they talking about? if anybody has any information about the party money, they should come out with it, the NWC will be ready to answer them. All these is part of the Atiku’s people who have been misadvising and leading him astray.