Governor of Zamfara state Dauda Lawal has assured Nigerians and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will become stronger and survive the crisis currently rocking the party.
The Zamfara helmsman made the remark at the weekend when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state who lost his elder brother recently.
Part of the problems facing the party include the continued occupation of Umar Damagun as the party’s National Chairman, the tussle over the National Secretary position amongst others.
According to Lawal, what is going on in the PDP is a normal thing that will fizzle out with time, saying some critical steps, one of which is the affirmation of Sunday Ude- Okoye as the National Secretary of the PDP, has been taken recently to save the party from collapse.
Lawal and other PDP governors met last week in Asaba, Delta state where they affirmed Ude-Okoye as the PDP National Secretary against the claim of Sam Anyanwu, a former Scribe of the party and governorship candidate of the PDP in Imo state.
The Zamfara governor affirmed that the party is currently undergoing restructuring that will make Nigerians to be proud of it, adding that PDP has learnt from its ‘mistakes’, as its governors, as leaders of the party have taken charge.
According to Lawal, “Concerning what is currently going on in the PDP; in politics, there are always issues. With what happened in Delta two days ago, it shows we are making waves to be back to the people to lead this country.
“We [governors] are the leaders of this party. We have a say and whatever we say is what would be implemented.
“There is nothing really wrong with the PDP. The ongoing crisis is normal and it happens like that in other parties too. So, it is nothing new. It is one of those things.
“This will make us even stronger because we need to learn from certain mistakes and that will be a learning process.”
Meanwhile, Anyanwu has insisted that he remains PDP National Secretary, describing the governors’ decision to affirm Ude-Okoye as illegal.
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