PDP: Reps member seeks resignation of party leaders over increase in defections
PDP: Reps member seeks resignation of party leaders over increase in defections
By Auwal Ilyasu
A member of the House of Representatives from Taraba State has called for the resignation of members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the growing defections from the party.
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The member representing Donga/Takum/Ussa/Yangtu of Taraba State at the national assembly, Mr Rima Shawulu, expressed dismay that governors and federal lawmakers elected on the platform of his party were leaving for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to Shawulu, in an open letter to the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, the state of the PDP has allegedly worsened under the Secondus led NWC.
“Today, not unexpectedly, four members of the House of Representatives from Zamfara State denounced the PDP and defected to the ruling APC, the lawmaker stated in the letter which was entitled “In the Interest of our Party, Democracy and the People of Nigeria: Time to do the Needful.
Shawulu also stated in the letter which was dated July 6 and released to journalists on Wednesday, that: “Unlike other times, when leaders of the party in the House (both the Minority Caucus Leadership and the House PDP Caucus Leadership), put up some form of protest, not a whisper was heard or a hand raised in protest against the decamping”.
He added saying: “No one can doubt that you have made your contributions to the growth of the party. Sir not much use will be served in going down memory lane on the formation of the PDP, your contributions to the party, and the sacrifices you and other leaders have made.
“Dear Chairman, Sir, events in the last two years call for sober reflection and sacrifices by both the leadership and membership of the party and it is necessary you set the ball rolling so that the party will come back to life and be seen as a viable alternative to the ruinous APC.
“Then, will its doors be seen to be open to the millions that want to come into the party to mobilize Nigerians to take back the country from the iniquitous forces that have seized it by the jugular?
‘Sir, history calls and beckons on you to do the needful, not to die but to live for the party by surrendering leadership, in order for reconciliation and repositioning of the party to begin in earnest for a fresh start,” Shawulu said.
PDP: Reps member seeks resignation of party leaders over increase in defections
