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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
A pressure group in the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), PDP Frontliners, has said mischief makers are fueling the rift in the opposition party.
The group, in a statement by Hussein Mohammed, Moses Abidemi and Dan Okafor, President, Secretary and Publicity Secretary respectively, said efforts must be made to resolve the PDP crisis, in the interest of the party.
The group warned that if the rift between the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, is not laid to rest soon, the party’s chances in 2023 presidential poll will be jeopardized.
“There are mischief-makers in Rivers state who are actively working with mischievous anti-Wike party elements in Abuja; daily, you hear fabricated ‘news’ that Wike has pulled down all PDP flags in Rivers state or that he has kicked out party elders in the state but these are largely the machinations of disgruntled souls from the geo-political zone.
“It is astounding that hours after circulating false reports that Governor Wike had ordered the removal of PDP flags in Rivers State Government House, further lies and propaganda got circulated across many media platforms on Friday morning, claiming that Governor Wike filed suit seeking the removal of Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
“It is in the best interest of both Atiku and the PDP for the party to go into the 2023 elections with unity of purpose and firm resolve towards victory.”
It added that “our presidential candidate and the party leadership must ensure unity and address party loyalists’ anxieties by giving an ear to voices of criticism even when what they say appears harsh and unfriendly.
“In 2019, we won four states in the North and thirteen in the South, so there is just no reason why the South, including Governor Wike should be given the impression that they now matter less.”
