PDP Govs To Wike: We Will Not Allow You Take Party To “Slaughter House”

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state who also doubles as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors’ Forum has declared that the party will resist the plan of the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike to destroy the party.

The governor made the remark in Abuja, on Tuesday while speaking at a meeting organized by the party, in furtherance of the party’s National Elective Convention, slated for November 15 in Ibadan, Oyo state.

The National Chairman of the party, Umaru Damagun, inaugurated a 119-member committee to oversee the success of the convention.

Though the Bauchi helmsman did not mention the FCT minister, but those with the knowledge of what is happening in the party, said Mohamed’s comment was a veiled remark against Wike, who had recently vowed to frustrate the party’s upcoming convention.

But Mohammed said the leaders of the party, particularly its governors will not allow those bent on destroying the party by stopping the up-coming Convention to succeed.

Mohammed warned those he described as a ‘faction of fools’ that the leadership of the party will show that they are not ‘cowards’ by ensuring that anti-progress elements in the party did not succeed in their plan to destroy PDP.

Mohammed: “We are not cowards, and we are not afraid of anybody.

“We are capable of navigating this party beyond the shenanigans, beyond the arrogance, and beyond the impunity of others. We cannot continue to take part and allow people to take us to the slaughterhouse. That’s our job. And our job is to make sure we don’t go to the slaughterhouse.”

Wike had on Monday in Abuja, alongside some leaders of the party demanded that the position of the National Chairman of the party be retained in the North Central, in line with the party’s  zoning arrangement.

Their demand, they said is necessary to bring to an end the leadership crisis rocking the major opposition party in the country.

The meeting which took place at the Minister’s Abuja residence was attended by former governors of the party, Okezie kpeazu, Samuel Ortom, Ayodele Fayose, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi;  a former National Vice Chairman of the PDP, South-South, Dan Orbih, PDP National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, among others.