.PDP elder seeks truce to save party
.As PDP NWC activates conflict resolution mechanism
A member, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Joy Emordi, Wednesday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.
Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni, formally received the senator in a brief ceremony in Abuja.
Sen. Emordi, said she was convinced that the future of a prosperous and united Nigeria lies in the APC.
She described the APC leadership as sincerely and genuinely committed to a united Nigeria that has plans for the future generation.
The legislator assured the party of her loyalty and her supporters to the party “l assure the party of my loyalty and support and to work for the success of the party.”
Sen. Emordi said “the APC led federal government is working for the South East and this is attracting more PDP members into APC.”
The Chairman CECPC Mai Mala Buni, expressed delight with the decision taken by the board member to contribute to the unity of the country.
“There is need for us to join hands for the political stability and national unity of our dear country” he said.
Governor Buni said the coming of Sen. Emordi and other prominent politicians from the South East into the APC will promote national unity.
“The South east is a strong political block and very crucial to the unity of the country, this will mo doubt add to national cohesion ” the Chairman added.
PDP elder seeks truce to save party
An elder and chieftain of the PDP, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, has weighed in on the current crisis in the party, pleading with contending forces to bury the hatchet and close ranks, to save the party.
Onochie, a long-standing member of the main opposition PDP said that unity, reconciliation and peaceful co-existence were needed at this point in time to save the party from implosion and destruction.
He argued that it would be a costly mistake for the party’s chieftains to engage in bickering with one another with another general election drawing near.
In a statement entitled: “Crisis in PDP National Working Committee NWC)’’, released in Abuja on Wednesday, the elder statesman called on the NWC and other stakeholders of the party to rise to the challenge and resolve their differences in the interest of the party and the nation.
He pleaded with party members to remain calm, asking Nigerians to rally round the PDP at its trying moment “to guarantee the redemption of Nigeria.
“I have been made aware of the ongoing division in our party at the national headquarters of our party in Abuja.
“It’s normal in a family for things like this to happen. However, I believe that sooner than later, the matter will be resolved amicably.
“I want to use this opportunity to call on Nigerians to rally round the PDP at this trying moment.’’
According to him, virile opposition is the only foundation and structure on which a thriving democracy can survive.
“In the current situation of economic hardships, insecurity and other crisis in Nigeria, there is no room for trial and error of new political structures.
“Therefore, all patriotic Nigerians must encourage speedy resolution and reconciliation in the PDP to enable the party to focus on how to redeem the country from the throes of its current problems.
The PDP was the party in power in Nigeria from 1999 to 2015 when the now ruling All Progressives Congress defeated the party and took over power
