PDP stakeholders seek sanction against erring members

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja

A group of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders, on the aegies of Conference of Professionals in the PDP (CP-PDP) has charged the party leadership to sanction members engaged in anti -party activities.

The group, in a statement by its protem National Coordinator, Obinna Nwachukwu, said this is necessary to save the PDP from implosion.

Consequently, it urged the PDP National Disciplinary Committee, led by former Minister of External Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi, to expedite actions on all petitions before it. The stakeholders argued that the delay in deciding the pending petitions was allegedly emboldening some members.

“The CP-PDP has observed that the delay by the party leadership to invoke its statutory powers and impose necessary sanctions on subversive members as provided under Articles 57, 58 and 59 of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) is further emboldening anti-party activities including damaging litigations, claims and divisive utterance which have the capacity to destabilize our party and destroy its electoral value to the detriment of Nigerians.

“As professionals and patriotic members of the PDP, we posit that our party, which is the party of choice across the country, should not be allowed to be debilitated by the ambition and subversive activities of a few individuals who obviously no longer subscribe to PDP’s core values, shared vision of selflessness and pursuit of a better Nigeria.

“The CP-PDP again commends the governors elected on the platform of the PDP for standing for the party at this critical time while reassuring all patriotic members, lovers of democracy and Nigerians in general that the PDP remains united, indivisible, solid and will definitely come out of the current challenges stronger than ever before,’ the group stated.