Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has expressed deep disappointment at how the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has managed the political crisis that is rocking Rivers state.
For weeks on end, the oil rich southern state has been simmering in the cauldron of political crisis amid a raging feud between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and FCT minister, Nyesom Wike.
However, a peace accord brokered by President Bola Tinubu was signed on Monday to end weeks of political uncertainty and upheaval in the State.
The peace accord has been greeted by criticisms and controversies owing to the resolutions enshrined in the document, with many saying it’s engineering to clip the wings of the governor and empower pro APC forces in the state.
Reacting to the development, Lamido wondered how PDP could stand idly and watch with indifference while a third party with questionable interest interfere in its affairs.
In a statement on Wednesday, he accused the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of docility.
Lamido, in the statement, said it was a point of irresponsibility for the PDP leadership to allow its opponent to settle a political difference between PDP members.
He stated, “Pray, do we still have the National Working Committee of the PDP? Or better still, do we have a party called PDP?
“If we have one of the two, how come their total absence in the saga playing out in the PDP family in Rivers? Is the docility of the leadership of the PDP so comatose to the extent that President Tinubu of APC, our sworn rival and opponent, is now the grand patriarch of PDP?
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs added, “It is inconceivable that a political party will simply sit back and allow its fortunes taken over by a rapacious scavenger, the APC.
Lamido said the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) “should feel sufficiently embarrassed, if not slighted, by the action taken by President Tinubu to reward a political mercenary with PDP fortunes in Rivers State.
“The PDP must take off from where Chief Clark started to fight this illegality through our justice system and all other legal means possible!
“If the national executive of the PDP does not have the nerve to stand up and protect its own, it should honourably step down to allow for the election of competent hands.”
