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Oyinlola, Baraje risk expulsion
Oyinlola, Baraje risk expulsion
The National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has vowed to ensure that
governors and National Assembly members that joined the Abubakar Baraje led
breakaway faction of the party lose their seats.
Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has vowed to ensure that
governors and National Assembly members that joined the Abubakar Baraje led
breakaway faction of the party lose their seats.
Similarly, Tukur said
other PDP chieftains that joined the faction would be expelled from the ruling
party.
other PDP chieftains that joined the faction would be expelled from the ruling
party.
At a press conference
he addressed at the party’s secretariat on Wednesday, the PDP chairman
described leaders of the breakaway faction as impostors, saying that security
agencies have been detailed to treat them as such.
he addressed at the party’s secretariat on Wednesday, the PDP chairman
described leaders of the breakaway faction as impostors, saying that security
agencies have been detailed to treat them as such.
He said:
“Consequently, we shall ensure that any person who is not duly elected into any
leadership position in our great party and has not been duly assigned any role
but goes ahead to arrogate such to himself will be made to face the full wrath
of the law.
“Consequently, we shall ensure that any person who is not duly elected into any
leadership position in our great party and has not been duly assigned any role
but goes ahead to arrogate such to himself will be made to face the full wrath
of the law.
“Similarly, all
persons elected on the platform of our great party at all levels who identify
with these enemies of the oneness and greatness of our party shall have their
seats declared vacant as required by law.
persons elected on the platform of our great party at all levels who identify
with these enemies of the oneness and greatness of our party shall have their
seats declared vacant as required by law.
“We shall leave no
stone unturned to ensure that such persons and indeed any other individual who
attempts to subvert the leadership of the PDP shall reap in full, the
consequences of such actions.”
stone unturned to ensure that such persons and indeed any other individual who
attempts to subvert the leadership of the PDP shall reap in full, the
consequences of such actions.”
Stating that the PDP
has no faction, Tukur said there was neither room nor reason whatsoever for
such a claim under any guise.
has no faction, Tukur said there was neither room nor reason whatsoever for
such a claim under any guise.
“The PDP has only one
duly elected National Executive Committee (NEC) under my chairmanship. I wish
therefore to state with all emphasis that any group of persons parading
themselves as leaders of NEC or any other organ of our party are impostors and
I urge all Nigerians, especially the security agencies and other institutions
of democracy to regard them as such.
duly elected National Executive Committee (NEC) under my chairmanship. I wish
therefore to state with all emphasis that any group of persons parading
themselves as leaders of NEC or any other organ of our party are impostors and
I urge all Nigerians, especially the security agencies and other institutions
of democracy to regard them as such.
“Let me state
categorically that the PDP as the sole custodian of the sacred mandate of over
160 million Nigerians and who in the last fourteen years has lifted high the
banner of democracy will not fold its arms while some undemocratic and
unpatriotic elements destroy our common destiny by causing divisions and
confusion among the people.
categorically that the PDP as the sole custodian of the sacred mandate of over
160 million Nigerians and who in the last fourteen years has lifted high the
banner of democracy will not fold its arms while some undemocratic and
unpatriotic elements destroy our common destiny by causing divisions and
confusion among the people.
“There is only one
lawfully recognised PDP and I am firmly in charge, “Tukur declared.
lawfully recognised PDP and I am firmly in charge, “Tukur declared.
Source: The Nation
