Senate President David Mark on Wednesday raised the alarm
that the Peoples Democratic Party might be heading for a
final destruction if the infighting among its leaders was not
immediately resolved.
Mark, while receiving the Senator Ike Ekweremadu PDP Post –
Election Review Committee, in Abuja, said the acrimony
between top members of the party was dangerous.
He said, “The PDP is already haemorrhaging, unless we halt
the bleeding and find the necessary therapy, we may be
heading for the final burial of the party.
“The party is already in a comatose status and we should do
all we can to resuscitate the party rather than this
unnecessary rancour and buck passing.
“The emerging factions are absolutely unnecessary. The
combatants must sheathe their swords and embrace dialogue.
“My appeal is that we should not do anything further that
would damage the already fragmented house.
“Everybody should come together and rebuild the party. We
have got enough bruises. We need not inflict further pains on
ourselves with continuous bickering. Enough of this blame-
game.”
Mark urged all the PDP members to return to the drawing
board instead of washing their dirty linen in the public.
He said, “I believe a useful lesson has been learnt from the
PDP electoral misfortune. As for me, it is time for us to put on
our thinking caps and chart a new course.”
The outgoing Senate President expressed confidence that
Ekweremadu and his team would do a good job and address
the remote and immediate causes of “our misfortune and
make recommendations that will enhance the future of our
party.”
“I have worked closely with the Deputy President of the
Senate over the years and I know his capability and capacity
to handle issues,” he added.
Mark called on all stakeholders to rise above the present
circumstances and work hard to rejuvenate the PDP.
He said that the new status of the party as an opposition
party was “a challenge that all our members must face with
all honesty, sincerity of purpose and dedication to duty”.
Mark said democracy and Nigeria would be much better if the
party played credible opposition role .
PDP regrets post-election quarrel
As Mark stressed the need to rebuild the PDP, the National
Working Committee said it regretted the embarrassment the
“avoidable” bickering by leaders of the party had caused the
members.
“The leadership of the PDP regrets any embarrassment the
avoidable skirmishes may have caused the members of our
great party, especially our founding fathers and teeming
supporters across the country,” the party’s National Publicity
Secretary, Olisa Metuh,said in a statement in Abuja.
Stating that the party had overcome the trauma of defeat by
the All Progressives Congress in the general elections, he
added, “We are aware that this unfortunate development is a
consequence of post- election trauma arising from our first
ever defeat. We however note with relief that we have now
overcome this challenge.”
Metuh also commended President Goodluck Jonathan for
his quick move to end the bickering among the leaders of
the party.
Promising that the National Working Committee of the PDP
would abide by Jonathan’s counsel, he disclosed that it had
already instructed all the executives of the party at all levels
to comply accordingly.
According to him, the NWC has begun the reengineering of the
party with the inauguration of the Post- Election Review
Committee.
He added, “We urge all our members to ensure that they
henceforth guard their utterances and actions no matter the
provocation and distortions in some section of the media while
channelling their energies and ideas towards the rebuilding
process.
“In this regard, all members who have reports, grievances and
suggestions on the way forward should transmit same to the
Post-Election Review Committee for an all inclusive road map
in the overall effort to regain power in 2019.
“Our members should be wary of the activities of some
mischievous persons within and outside the PDP family, who
are bent on frustrating this peace effort. Such individuals and
groups have found the social media a veritable tool for their
mischief through distortion of facts, false allegations and
fabrications against our party.”
The PDP directed all its organs to focus only on party
administration in a manner that would rekindle zeal and
commitment among its members and supporters at all levels.

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