DONSMITH123:
From the look of things, i think PDP has its own internal crisis.

omenka:
Dearpreye my paddy, have you seen this??

dearpreye:


My Oga, I'm in support of any internal wrangling within our political parties so far it will usher in a new era of personal accountability and probity. The current ones are still far way from the kind of political parties any serious nation deserves.

I believe, like gold tried in the fire, the PDP will come out stronger and better placed to give the ruling party a serious run for its money.

I demand a better country. .....

omenka:
You get mouth ehn. Lmao.

TonyeBarcanista:
PDP as a party and majority of their rank and file members are yet to learn from the past. I warned that the open support for corruption will do PDP no good. I see more defections coming.

OnankpaBa:

which house in order? do they have any house to put in order? PDP is dead...simple.

TonyeBarcanista:
PDP as a party and majority of their rank and file members are yet to learn from the past. I warned that the open support for corruption will do PDP no good. I see more defections coming.

tuniski:
I see fear from a Zombie! Pdp is more alive than u ever think. Just watch as the groundswell of discontent sweep this yeye apc away. Pdp is doing what is right and all u hope that it dies. So like the narrowness of many just changing name, a crook becomes a saint! Smh

tuniski:
so apc habouring corruption and rewarding corruption with ministerial portfolio is the abode of pdp corrupt defectors abi? Nigerians are wiser now. No one will fall for a known history of graft defecting to another party as saints. Apc = pdp = corruption QED!

DONSMITH123:
There appears to be a fresh round of crisis in Nigeria’s major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, with some elected national officers calling on the acting chairman of the board of trustees, Bello Mohammed and the national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, to step down from their offices.

The call, which was made in a statement signed by four of the national officers, which they also said represented the views of all deputy national officers and some members of the National Executive Committee of the party, was sequel to the ongoing trial of Messrs. Mohammed and Metuh over corruption allegations.

Messrs Metuh and Mohammed are being tried for receiving monies from the embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, out of the $2.1 billion meant for arms procurement but which was diverted to political spending.

The statement, made available to PEMIUM TIMES on Monday, was signed by Dennis Alonge-Niyi, the deputy national youth leader; Bashir Maidugu, the deputy national legal adviser; Okey Nnaedozie, the deputy national organizing secretary and Abdullahi Jalo, the deputy national publicity secretary.

The national officers called on all relevant members and organs of the party to rescue it “from fortune hunters who have hijacked its very soul.”
They said, “We hereby strongly dissociate the Peoples Democratic Party from the ongoing trials of Dr. Bello Halliru Mohammed ( Acting Chairman of Board of Trustees) and Chief Olisa Metuh ( National Publicity Secretary) on various charges anti graft agencies.

“They are said to have received funds using accounts of their private companies without the knowledge and instructions of any organ of the party. All those mentioned in the ongoing corruption trial are, therefore, on their own and the party was not involved financially or in anyway with the office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, or any organ of the federal government in the last regime.
“They must bear full responsibility for their actions and must henceforth refrain from dragging the name of the party into the mud.”

Step down please
The national officers also said that sequel to the wide public interest the trial of Messrs. Mohammed and Metuh has generated, they would call on the national caucus of the PDP, the BoT and the PDP Governors’ Forum “to prevail on the two accused persons to honorably step down until they clear their names thereby saving the party from further damage.”

They said their call was not a pronouncement of guilt on the two officers of the PDP, but a “passionate appeal to halt the erroneous concept that the party tolerates corruption.”

They also called on the NEC of the party to convene a meeting immediately to formalize the appointment of a new spokesperson in line with the party’s constitution.

The officers also called on the NEC not to continue with the reign of impunity, which they said characterized the PDP in the past and led it to its current position, to respect the Abuja High Court ruling of December 15 last year.
The Court had in a ruling delivered in a suit filed by a former political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, directed the PDP acting national chairman, Uche Secondus, to step down and allow either Mr. Gulak or any qualified person from the north east to take over.
Mr. Secondus became acting chairman after Ahmadu Muazu resigned his position following the defeat of the party in the last general election.

“This is a declaratory ruling where no order of stay of execution from any other court has been granted. The NEC must do the needful by selecting a suitable national chairman from the north east to complete their tenure in accordance with our tradition and the party’s constitution.
“In pursuance of this therefore, Prince Uche Secondus should revert back to his constitutional position of Deputy National Chairman of the party as a matter of urgency,” they said.
The national officers also argued that in the light of the court ruling and other matters related to it, the timetable recently released by the National Working Committee, without recourse to the NEC, for the forthcoming national convention of the party should be considered null and void.

They said aside from the offices of the National Chairman, National Secretary, National Financial Secretary and the National Auditor, the national convention that produced the other national officers was held on August 30, 2013.
They said based on the four-year tenure envisaged by the constitution of the party, all the remaining officers’ tenure of office would terminate on August 30, 2017.

They also called on the NEC to order a proper audit of the finances of the PDP by certified external auditors. They said the audit period should be from March 2012 to date.
“All committees set up by the irregularly constituted national working committee should be dissolved and new committees constituted by NEC in good faith and the general interest of the party.
“Finally, we urge the National Caucus and the Board of Trustees as a matter of urgency to convene a meeting of NEC to address all these burning issues. Any further delay will exacerbate the situation,” they said.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/196947-pdp-in-fresh-crisis-as-national-officers-ask-mohammed-metuh-secondus-to-step-down.html

oluwaSmith1:
The statement, made available to PEMIUM TIMES on Monday, was signed by Dennis Alonge-Niyi, the deputy national youth leader; Bashir Maidugu, the deputy national legal adviser; Okey Nnaedozie, the deputy national organizing secretary and Abdullahi Jalo, the deputy national publicity secretary.



Jalo again...anyway, am watching in 3D

OsusuMustFlow:
i will keep on saying it for people to knw..PDP is already dead.

Pidggin:


Which party won the recently concluded election in Baylesa?

What do you know about politics in the first place? Receive sense!

Pidggin:


Which party won the recently concluded election in Baylesa?

What do you know about politics in the first place? Receive sense!

Pidggin:


Which party won the recently concluded election in Baylesa?

What do you know about politics in the first place? Receive sense!

krendo:
The People's democratic party must for all intents and purposes remain democratic

One of the fundamentals of democracy is that we are all innocent until proven guilty by a competent law court.

Buhari is also alleged to have received SUVs from Dasuki, he has not stepped down from office. Lets be careful here

The PDP must at this stage stick together in the face of tyranny and dictatorship from APC.

While Metuh remains in illegal incarceration, this is the time for other PDP members to rise and operate as an institution by providing a very vibrant opposition and critique of APC misguided governance.

Metuh should be allowed to have his day in Court. Metuh should however have assistants who should carry on with his duties in his absence.

If Metuh however does choose to resign then this decision should be Metuh's decision alone and not from party pressure that appears to have been instigated by the APC Government and a tyrannical Presidency.

OnankpaBa:
and you think bayelsa poll has given them edge? wake up. PDP is dead only waiting for its final burial. and the same PDP members will use their hand to bury the party.

chronos:


Na u kill am