As the crisis of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) deepens, a northern group has declared its support for the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike to take over the leadership of the party.
The group, Arewa PDP Transparency Group, on Monday also rejected the overtures of the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
A few days before the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party, the group, in a statement by its National Chairman, Hon Haruna Bature, stressed that the former Rivers governor has what it takes to transform the fortune of the opposition party.
Bature also condemned the recent media war over the next national leader of the PDP.
The chairman of the group in the statement made available in Port Harcourt said, “Arewa PDP Transparency Group says no Self Serving leadership only at times of political interest, non-inclusivity, lack of concern, sustenance and responsibility in the management of the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party and hereby endorse His Excellency, Chief Barr. Ezebuwon Nyesom Wike, CON, GSSRS, POS Africa and Life Bencher as the National Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party.”
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Furthermore, the group said, “Leadership means care, concern and responsibility. It is not self-serving, not periodic and not spontaneous. The PDP as the biggest opposition party in Africa has suffered a lot of Leadership Crises which resulted in its loss of Power at the National Level from 2015 till date.
“These Crises are largely self inflicted due to insensitivity, lack of political vision, lack of care, concern and respect for the Vision of the Founding Fathers of the Party, and for the yearnings and aspirations of the Nigerian Citizenry. Charity, they say, begins at home. A Party whose Leadership cannot take care of its own and showing good leadership definitely cannot take care of Nigeria and offer good Leadership.
“We wish to particularly bring to the attention of the Leadership of the Party that the Fears by some PDP Leaders about His Excellency, Chief Barr. E. N. Wike’s appointment in an APC Government is born out of jealousy, hate, bitterness, bias and their blindness to the political reality that the failure by the PDP to ensure power rotation to the South led to its loss of power at the centre.
“If such fears are genuine as they claim, why was the PDP still able to win Governorship and other elections in States across the Nation?”
