Merger with APC, New PDP predicts doom for Jonathan
Late this morning, at about 11:46, the National Chairman of
the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, formally
announced the merger of the party with the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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merger was contained in a communiqué which Alhaji Baraje read to journalists at
the end of a meeting between the leadership of New PDP and that of the APC held
at the Kano Governor’s Lodge in Abuja. The communiqué signed by Bisi
Akande the APC National Chairman and Kawu Abubakar Baraje the National Chairman
of NPDP reads, “A meeting of the leadership of All Progressives Congress,
APC, and the new PDP met this morning at the residence of the Kano State
Governor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, in Abuja and after exhaustive deliberations
the two parties agreed to merge in order to rescue our fledgling democracy and
the nation”
With this development, the G7 Governors of New PDP,
namely, Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Sule Lamido (Jigawa),
Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) and
Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), are now members of the APC. The merger thus shoots up
the number of APC State Governors to 18 while PDP’s shrinks to 16, with All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Labour Party having one governor each. A
similar permutation exists in the National Assembly where we now have the
majority with PDP and its allies in minority.
The simple meaning of this is that APC is now the
majority party in the country while PDP has become a minority party. In the
circumstances, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan must now start writing his
handover notes because his ambition to maouevre the party structures so as to
get a third term in office in 2015 has suddenly collapsed.
What a sudden change of fortune! What a sad day for the
PDP, a party which we laboured to build, which was viciously taken away from us
but which, out of our great love for it, we did everything humanly possible to
save but were frustrated by the unpatriotic elements that have usurped the
leadership of the party.
Nigerians could recall that several meetings had been
held between the APC leaders and the leaders of the New PDP. The APC had
visited each of our seven New PDP governors in their states to convince them to
join its fold but all these notwithstanding while the PDP Leadership on their
own side were plotting on daily basis on how to frustrate us out of the party
we suffered to nurture.
The fact remains that we did all within our powers to
reconcile with PDP to no avail and sadly our dear President allowed the hawks
within the Presidency and PDP Leadership to convince him to abort our last
Sunday’s meeting that would have brought a last peace to our party which
the PDP leadership under Alhaji Bamanga Tukur frustrated, so we have no other
option than to formally announce the death and burial of PDP. Day and night we
cried out, begging whoever loved PDP to join us to rescue the party from
imminent doom but we were conveniently ignored and abused. Just last night, we
issued the last in a series of passionate appeals to PDP Elders to take urgent
steps to save the troubled party in the face of their unbelievable silence in
the face of the chain of developments instigated by factional National
Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, which has put the party at the edge of the
precipice.
Now, we have reached the stage that we can only say:
“PDP, your sinking ship has been abandoned to you! You brought this misfortune
upon yourself, now you must bear it alone!”
As for us, we are happy to belong to the APC, where our
value is appreciated, where we are made to feel truly wanted, and where we can
now join forces with like minds in our struggle to liberate Nigeria from PDP’s
misrule, which is soon to end.
Among those at the Tuesday’s historical merger meeting
were APC leader and former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu; APC National
Chairman, Bisi Akande; Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso: former Kwara
governor and serving senator, Bukola Saraki; former Nasarawa governor and
serving senator, Abdullahi Adamu; former Bayelsa governor, Timipre Sylva; and
Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako.
Others were former Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Aminu Masari; Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi; National
Secretary of the PDP, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; former Abia governor, Ogbonnaya Onu;
former PDP vice chairman, Sam Jaja; Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed; and
Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu.
Long live NPDP!
Long live Nigeria!!!
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze
National Publicity Secretary, NPDP
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