PDP crises: Mu’azu begs Fayose, others

National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Ahmadu Mu’azu has called on party members to put behind them the defeat suffered by the party in the last general election, and come together to move the party forward.

Mu’azu in a statement on Tuesday stated that “As the national chairman and a key stakeholder in this party in the last 16 years, I quite understand and appreciate the concern, pain and frustrations of our members regarding our defeat”.

He also expressed deep worries over the division the development has generated within the PDP family especially regarding whether or not the national leadership should be dissolved as a direct consequence of the loss.

He however said, “Nevertheless, in the larger interest of our party, we all must resolve to bury the hatchet, pick our pieces and move on to rebuild our party and return to our winning ways”.

He said although the party’s defeat in the last general election was painful, members should key into the intervention by President Goodluck Jonathan and not allow the situation to further divide the party.

He said, “In the course of events, there have been reactions and counter-reactions among party members; mistakes have been made, some of them avoidable, but this is the time to put all of them behind us and move ahead as our party and its interest remain paramount and overriding”.

He particularly referred to Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state, whom he said he appreciated, and “whose victory in Ekiti in June last year helped to strengthen our party, particularly in the southwest region.

Mu’azu also said, “I wish to charge all members that though we have had our setback, we are not down and out. The PDP remains the largest political party in this country. What we need now more than ever before is to unite as therein lies our strength as a family. Fighting ourselves will not yield anyone any good. Our members therefore must remain focused and join forces with their leaders at all levels to actualize our collective quest to rebuild the PDP and repositioning it to regain power in 2019.”

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