The Southwest arm of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged members to channel their energy towards wresting power from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
It said they should not dissipate it on needless in-fighting.
The party warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to desist from meddling in the internal affairs of parties.
PDP National Vice Chairman (South West) Dr. Eddy Olafeso spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at the zonal meeting of the Extended Working Committee of Southwest PDP.
He said the task to reclaim the region for PDP in future elections must be accomplished, warning the chieftains to expect a big fight from the APC.
”What is important here is not fighting ourselves, but fighting the APC government so that we can free our people from the clutches of this bad governance. Within the last few months and years that they have been there, Nigeria has turned to a mystery land; it’s a killing field for everybody.
“The economy has gone down. No family can say they are better off today than they were three years ago that the PDP was in power. And if that is the situation, what should confront us is the unity we must share to deal with the APC government and the common enemy among all of us is the APC and not ourselves.
“Winning the Southwest is a task that we all must do; it’s no longer a Disneyland story of happy ever after. APC government will fight us, but we are ready to rewrite this ugly chapter in Nigerian history and we’ll do everything possible to mobilise and ensure that our people are properly positioned to vote out, in the coming general election, this government that took our country and shredded it.
“When you talk about a renewed and rebranded PDP, this is just the beginning. Internal democracy has been strengthened and we will ensure that everybody is allowed to participate. The era of impunity and self-righteousness is over in our party,” Olafeso said.
He expressed satisfaction with the activities of PDP in Ekiti and Osun states, saying it is on ground.
The national vice chairman advised those aggrieved to work for harmony, and refrain from inimical activities.
The PDP Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, said members should have confidence in themselves and refused to be intimidated.
He said the party, through the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, had taken a strong and irrevocable position on the situation in the Ogun State chapter.
In a communiqué at the end of the meeting, the Southwest PDP resolved to hold a mega rally in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on May 5 ”to engender brotherhood and comradeship within the party in the zone.”
It said the PDP national chairman and leadership of the party from across the nation will be in attendance.
The communiqué reads: “That we abhor INEC’s interference in the affairs of parties and thus declare this attitude as interloping and overbearing. This we do in view of the Supreme Court declaration on the powers of party convention and authority conferred on them.
Source: The Nation
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