Dickson blasts PDP leaders, says governors behind crisis 

By Lawrence Agbo

Senator Seriake Dickson, a former governor of Bayelsa State, has accused the PDP governors and leaders of misleading the party and caused it to slip into crisis by acting selfishly and with weak leadership.

Dickson, made the accusation at a press conference in Abuja, describing the prolonged crisis in the party as a failure of leadership by key stakeholders.

“I am very bothered about the crisis in the PDP, which has festered for so long and which frankly speaks to a lack of leadership,” he said.

He claimed that past party leaders and governors took strategic actions without consulting with other members and later ran to the party when their decision failed.

“They keep calling the shots and take leadership decisions, strategic decisions, sometimes without consulting people. And before you know what is happening, they who have taken those decisions without listening to advice are the ones to bail out,” he said.

Dickson stated that the party’s decline was worsened by some governors who treated the PDP as personal property.

“The PDP leaders have messed up completely, and the governors have missed every opportunity to pursue and achieve a reasonable solution to save a historic brand like PDP that they are toying with. Maybe they think it’s their personal property, but the PDP is a national brand.

“The governors contributed to taking sides, not taking decisive actions when they should have, dividing the party according to camps and allowing whatever little ambitions they had to go into their heads,” he added.

Recalling the historical significance of the party in Nigeria, Dickson said the decline was particularly painful.

“It’s unfortunate what has happened to PDP. What has happened to PDP? I can’t even wish for an enemy. A party formed by great democrats, a great party that they formed for all Nigerians irrespective of ethnicity, irrespective of religion,” he said.