Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has criticised the management of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) beneath its suspended Nationwide Chairman, Umar Damagum, saying the get together has misplaced route and was nearly extinct.
Talking at a press briefing in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, Fayose stated the suspension of Damagum and the appointment of Mohammed Abdulrahman because the performing nationwide chairman marked a brand new starting for the opposition get together.
Fayose stated the PDP was in a hopeless state, including that there was at present no signal of the get together recovering.
He defined that a lot of its key members had been leaving.
“Even the captains of our boats are leaping ship and shifting from one camp to a different. Who will maintain the get together collectively?”
He lamented that the get together had nearly gone extinct beneath Damagum’s management, describing his Nationwide Working Committee as undertakers who got here to bury the PDP.
In keeping with him, regardless of being on their approach out, the committee continued to droop and counter-suspend members.
Fayose, nonetheless, expressed just a little optimism, saying there would possibly nonetheless be hope within the new performing chairman.
“You by no means can inform, Abdulrahman could be the physician who will revive the get together. However as of now, the PDP is in a coma,” he stated.
“If somebody steps ahead to rescue the get together, like Abdulrahman has performed, we are going to give him an opportunity. That’s why I earlier urged him to go forward and revive the PDP. We’re glad to have a brand new performing nationwide chairman, Abdulrahman, who emerged on Saturday following the suspension of the previous chairman, and we consider he has the boldness of the get together to guide right now.”
Fayose recalled that Damagum’s state of affairs was much like that of former PDP chairman Iyorchia Ayu, predicting that he would additionally not return to workplace.
He stated Damagum was solely meant to serve quickly however manipulated the method to change into chairman, creating confusion throughout the get together.
Fayose stated Damagum had proven clear incompetence and lacked the power to guide the get together successfully.
He urged the brand new performing chairman, Abdulrahman, to reorganize the PDP, repair points in state chapters, and put together for the nationwide conference.
He added that after the current court docket ruling directing congresses in all state chapters is adopted, Abdulrahman’s place can be legally acknowledged, guaranteeing stability since Damagum’s suspension adopted due course of.
