Fayose reacts to PDP faction’s protest at US Embassy

By Seyi Babalola

Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has characterised certain PDP members’ protest at the US Embassy in Abuja as the disgusting last kick of a dead National Working Committee (NWC) of tax collectors.

The former governor said that rather than going to the US Embassy in Abuja to carry placards, “the suspended National Chairman, Umar Iliya Damagum, and his gang of tax collectors should have travelled to Washington to go and protest in front of the White House.”

In a statement issued on Thursday, Fayose questioned how it had become the responsibility of the United States and other European nations to assist in the reform of a political party in Nigeria.
He enquired whether it was anyone’s responsibility that “Damagum and his gang of political undertakers” failed to follow the PDP constitution.

The court decided last Friday that the PDP must complete certain processes, including pending state congresses, before conducting a national convention.

He said: “Rather than coming back home to take proper stock and bring all stakeholders together, they chose to announce the suspension of major members of the NWC, including the National Secretary, who’s the only person authorised to issue notice of meetings.

“Before then, they went to court to throw punches over legal representation of the party, despite that it is clearly stated in the constitution of the party that it is only the National Legal Adviser that has powers to represent or appoint lawyers to represent the party in court cases.

“So, how is the consequence of their impunity the business of the US or anyone?”