Some chieftains of the Peoples
Democratic Party, Nigeria’s main
opposition party, have said the party
will warmly welcome erring members of
the All Progressives Congress like Senate
President Bukola Saraki and Speaker
of the House of Representatives,
Yakubu Dogara.
The party chieftains, Senator Sam
Egwu; Dr. Akilu Indabawa, a member of
the PDP Board of Trustees; and Alhaji
Owolabi Olorunoje, Chairman, Lagos
State chapter of the PDP, told our
correspondent on Thursday that
defection of the erring APC members in
the National Assembly would amount to
paying APC back in its own coin.
Saraki, Dogara and some other APC
legislators had gone against the party’s
directive by putting themselves up for
elections into principal positions in the
National Assembly.
Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila
were expected to be the only APC
candidates presented for the positions
of Senate President and Speaker of
the House of Representatives while
George Akume and Mohammed
Munguno, were to be their deputies,
respectively.
But since Saraki and Dogara put
themselves up for elections and won in
their respective chambers against their
party’s directive, speculations have
been rife that their actions might be
laying groundwork for their defection
to the PDP.
Incidentally, Saraki and Dogara used
to be PDP members before they
defected to the APC in 2014.
Saraki has, however, described such
insinuation as “absurd and laughable.”
But the PDP chieftains had said they
would be welcome to the party should
they decide to defect from the APC.
Egwu said, “What has happened now is
just speculation about what has
happened or what may happen
tomorrow but the truth is that they are
mature individuals and Saraki has said
he’s not defecting but if he comes back
to the PDP, we will receive him with
open arms.
“People should understand that politics
is dynamic and if they feel that they
will be given the platform to exercise
their fundamental rights more in the
PDP, so be it, they should come back to
the PDP and we have no qualms with
that. After all, they used to be our
members.”
He also described APC as ill prepared to
be the country’s ruling party, saying
the party lacked the vital experience
required for the position.
He said, “What is happening shows that
the APC is not actually prepared for
their victory (at the poll). They forgot
that this is not a party convention. The
National Assembly is an independent
arm of the government and they had
to meet as scheduled.
“So it shows a sign of unpreparedness
or not knowing the workings of
government, for the party to schedule
a meeting at the time the National
Assembly was supposed to reconvene
and have its business.”
In his reaction, Indabawa, who shared
a similar view, said, “What is sauce for
the goose is sauce for the gander. If
APC is getting payment in its own coins,
they will be consumed by their own
sweat. This is a product of their own
machinations against PDP and it is
haunting them back.
“That is why when you are planning;
don’t ever plan evil against your
brother because one day it will haunt
you. So it is coming back to haunt them
now.
“When they plotted against the PDP
using Aminu Tambuwal (immediate
former Speaker of the House of
Representatives who defected from the
PDP to APC) and others, they never
thought that they would be in the
government as the ruling party. Now
they are there, so they are getting paid
in the very same coin they produced.”
Olorunoje said, “PDP didn’t kick them
out, it was as a matter of choice that
they came to the PDP and left the
party. PDP is a party that doesn’t
belong to anybody; you can come in,
register and leave when you want.
“This is the PDP so it’s the peoples’
party. So if he (Saraki) decides to
return to the PDP today, he’s most
welcome. When APC said the party
would sanction their members, it’s like
saying what they did was illegal. But
what they are doing is not against
Saraki and Dogara, it’s against the
people of Nigeria.”

.. http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-ready-for-saraki-dogara-defection-party-chieftains/

Heheheehe..Opportunists

The moment they join the failed team, they become completely irrelevant. No sane Nigerian would want to give PDP a second chance.

Majority of our leaders/politicians are selfish. Putting self/ personal ambitions above other things. Shame!

PDP is known to be unprincipled. The party stands for nothing and will continue to fall for anything. Theirs is a classic example of a dog returning to its vomit just like their representatives here led by the protection seeker.

Wake up from your deep slumber. OBJ have buried PDP virus.

PassingShot:
PDP is known to be unprincipled. The party stands for nothing and will continue to fall for anything. Theirs is a classic example of a dog returning to its vomit just like their representatives here led by the protection seeker.

You don't have to go that low with your uncouth obssession towards a fellow forumite here.......haba, buy some brains

The praises should be given to Buhari for not being too hard. If it were to be the last administration, we would have being hearing factional senate president by now. The PDP should please leave us alone. If they want to bounce back in the scheme of things, they better consider other options. Saraki and Dogara are APC members and must settle their wrangling with their party. They can not afford to incur the wrath of their party for an opposition.

I think They (PDP) May be right be right.

Kikikikikik! APC camp is filled with lots of 'Judases', if there's anything like that. They won't defect now, but eventually, they would.

tomakint:

You don't have to go that low with your uncouth obssession towards a fellow forumite here.......haba, buy some brains

Mr. PA, let me return the favour to someone obsessed with anti-PMB campaign here.

I'll ignore you henceforth.

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Dream on****if he's ever coming back, not wit his SP post****