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From Sola Ojo, Kaduna
Following the threat to quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by some of the party’s elected members of the Federal House of Representatives, PDP Professionals Support Movement Group, on Tuesday, appealed to the concerned lawmakers to thread softly in order not to destroy the party.
About 60 members of the House through one of them from Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, and five others at a press conference at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Monday, had threatened to quit the party over the alleged involvement of PDP’s leadership in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State and ten other chapters.
The Chairman of the group, Dr Muazzam Lawal Sadauki, cautioned them not to be misguided to destroy the party that gave them the platform to serve Nigerians in the green chamber of the National Assembly.
According to him, the party’s leadership under Amb. Umar Iliya Damagum should be supported in his effort to reposition the party ahead of the 2027 national elections noting that it is better to treat internal issues internally rather than engage in media war.
Muazzam expressed concern over the suspected bad intentions of some individuals who are bent on creating rancour and political instability in the party.
He said, “Some hired and misguided elements parading themselves as fifth grade are playing behind the curtains of creating political tension and unnecessary noise about the leadership of the party under Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum.
“We are concerned that some group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives would allow themselves to be misguided to issue a warning against the same party leadership that suffered and works tirelessly to deliver them to success.
“It is clear that their claims are nothing but an attempt to blackmail the party’s leadership into becoming a target or frenzy of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting under the leadership of Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum. They just don’t want him to succeed in holding the NEC and Caucus meetings respectively.
“We are of the view that our Honourable members could have sought an audience and discussed issues affecting the party with the leadership of the party rather than hurriedly going to the Press to address any issue that was supposed to be a family affair”, he said.
The group then passed a vote of confidence on Damagum’s led party leadership, urging him not to relent in his effort to reposition the party ahead of the coming elections.
“While assuring our support to the party’s leadership, we want the Acting Chairman of the PDP to remain focused, resolute, and confident about building bridges of peace, reconciliation, and unity among the party’s supporters across the country.
“On behalf of the entire discipline and supporters of the party, we are confident with the leaderships of the present NWC, Board of Trustees (BoT), and PDP Governors’ Forum.
