Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed, has criticized the decision of some members who decided to quit the party and join the coalition-led African Democratic Congress (ADC).
He said leaving the PDP for the ADC is a political miscalculation and an anomaly.
Governor Mohammed described such a move to quit the PDP with its structures and legacy for the ADC-coalition without offices as a malady.
Naija News reports that the Bauchi Governor made the submission on Wednesday while speaking at the Consultative Conference of PDP Founding Fathers and Stakeholders in Abuja, themed “Reclaiming Our Legacy, Renewing Our Collective Vision.”
He, however, told the defectors, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Senate President David Mark and others who left PDP for ADC, that they still have the opportunity to retrace their steps and return to the party.
“If somebody wants to leave PDP to go to another place, how is this smart in thoughts and in thinking? Because the PDP has history, a legacy, a structure everywhere and the governors are doing their best.
“But because we are being hunted and we know what we are going through, and it is not for us to be cowardly and be talking about it. Yes, politics is local. Some may go due to certain reasons, certain permutations, calculations, but I think they will be proved wrong.
“Even our elders that have gone, we don’t want to diminish them, we don’t want to denigrate or abuse them. We are telling them with humility: come back. That’s what the National Chairman has said — come back. This is what you have built. Where there are governors, where there are senators, members of the Houses, speakers, offices, local government chairmen, you are going to a party that has no office. It’s a malady.
“We reason with them. Maybe in terms of their own calculation, they want to actualize their aspiration — to get tickets. But do you want to get a ticket and lose? So please, come back. You have no reason to go anywhere,” Mohammed said.
The Bauchi State Governor, however, stated that the PDP would not allow any of its members to be in two places at the same time.
He charged that it is either the politicians remain committed to the PDP or they quit the party altogether, noting that the PDP won’t allow the indiscipline of remaining in the party and working for the coalition.
“But certainly, as the Chairman has said, we cannot take indiscipline to a level where it becomes contagious. If you are in PDP, you are in PDP. You cannot be in PDP and be in coalition with another party. We cannot do this. But you have all the time to decide. Coalition is an aberration, yes, I said it.
“You cannot belong to two places. You cannot be an Aphrodite. You cannot be a man and a woman at the same time. Be who you will be. But we will still give you the opportunity to have a thought, because you are our leaders,” the Governor submitted.
Don’t Demarket PDP
Governor Mohammed also cautioned defectors against demarketing or disrespecting the PDP, noting that the party gave many of them to become who they are politically and if they decide to exit the party, they are free to leave without rancour.
“But if you are going, don’t demarket us. Demarketing of the PDP is not fair. Most of you actualized your political aspirations through this party. Some of them left us and caused our loss in 2015, and yet we accommodated them. And they left and came back. Some of them became governors, and some of them took tickets, just sprayed. It is only in PDP that you get that.
“But sadly, we still respect them. But they should respect us too. We are not afraid of anybody in politics,” he concluded.
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