Nigerians have continued to react to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) crisis and impending demise.
This comes after the party’s big guns, including former Senate President David Mark, former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and other former governors, exited the party.
The PDP members, led by Atiku Abubakar, urged all well-meaning party members and other patriotic Nigerians to join the coalition at a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.
Former Senate President David Mark, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, and other prominent PDP figures are among those under Atiku’s leadership.
Their decision to quit the PDP was reached during a closed-door meeting of Concerned Leaders on Tuesday July , although it had been rumoured for some time.
Following the PDP’s National Executive Committee meeting on Monday, Umar Damagum, the party’s acting National Chairman, announced that Samuel Anyanwu had been confirmed as the party’s national secretary by the NEC.
Anyanwu’s endorsement, he added, was one of the major resolutions made during the NEC meeting, which is still the party’s highest decision-making body.
Several party heavyweights who attended the NEC meeting, including former Senate Presidents Bukola Saraki and Adolphus Wabara as well as former BoT chief Bode George, expressed confidence that the party had at last reclaimed itself.
Former Governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), and Sam Egwu (Ebonyi), among with other high-ranking officials, have also left the PDP with Atiku Abubakar.
Political analyst Dr. Sani Abubakar while speaking on the issue told newsmen that it was long overdue for the politicians to quit the party for the Minister of the Federal Capital, or FCT, who he accused of being the cause of the issue. He also discussed what Atiku’s decision to dump the PDP portends for the party.
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