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The former Acting National Vice Chairman Southwest zone of the Peoples Democratic Party Engr. Deji Doherty, has berated Chief Bode George for calling on the two factions of PDP to fight to finish.
Doherty who is also a former governorship aspirant of the party in Lagos State in a chat with our correspondent over the weekend in his office stated that the statement is not the view of party members in Lagos State.
According to him, “I think Chief Bode George erred on the statements credited to him that the Sherrif and Makarfi faction of the PDP should fight to finish. This is not the view of most of the party members in Lagos State and it’s unbecoming of a respected elder statesman and a senior party official.
“The PDP is a peace loving party and we believe that peace should reign in the party. Unfortunately things have not being rosy for the party in the state for the past fifteen years before the present national crises and we are tired of all this, as such the only thing every party member should focus on are ways the party will come out of the quagmire it presently finds itself.
“In this regard I am of the opinion that the Governor Seriake Dickson led peaceful and reconciliatory committee should follow through its move and advice to the BOT of the party to find a lasting solution to the crises”.
He contends that for peace to reign in the party vote factions of the party should come together by stop laying claims to the leadership of the party and allow a convention to elect leaders of the party to hold.
“To find lasting solution to the crises both the sheriff caucus and the makarfi caucus should please sheath their swords, think about the party and Nigeria as a whole by coming to the round table, resign their positions and allow the convention planning committee of the party conduct a credible free and fair election to constitute a new executive to steer the affairs of the party towards the preparation against the 2019 general election.
“The solution to this problem can never be found in a supreme court judgement as it will serve as a very dangerous antidote for this crises, rather I believe that if all the PDP governors come together as an entity and most especially Governor Ayo Fayose to meet with the Dickson committee, with both of them coming together the current impasse will become a thing of the past.
“Whatever the case maybe the party is bigger than any individual, the life of the party is more paramount and supersede all that we can ever think about, at this particular point in time we should be thinking and put our hands together towards getting ready for the 2019 general elections,” he advised.
It would be recalled that Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), last week Thursday walked out of the party’s stakeholders meeting organised by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Sheriff, who got to the venue of the meeting a few minutes after Jonathan had delivered his remarks, walked out with members of his National Working Committee at about 4.15 p.m.
Sheriff was not allowed to address the meeting because he insisted that the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, should not be allowed to address the meeting.
PDP members present included Chief Tom Ikimi, Prince Uche Secondus, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, Chief Olisa Metuh, Ahaji Saminu Turaki, Sen. David Jang and Sen. Adolphus Wabara.
