The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday engulfed in crisis as former state Chairmen, and youths pointedly told PDP governors that the party has serious challenges that needed their attention than dissipating energies tackling CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele.
This was the position of the Northern PDP former State Chairmen who raised the alarm over activities of some governors, noting that their plot to zone the 2023 presidency will disastrously affect the party.
The PDP Governors had accused the CBN Governor of spending billions on his Presidential campaign.
They lampooned the governors for
attacking the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria Dr. Godwin Emefiele.
Operating under the aegis of Forum of Former Northern State Chairmen of PDP and Youths, they urged governors to stop attacking a man they said, is not in the Presidential race.
Speaking at a joint stakeholders forum in Abuja. the group demanded that the Governors of PDP focus on the internal challenges threatening to polarize the party and not dissipate effort on Mr. Emefiele who now seems to be their focus.
The Coordinator of the Forum of Former Northern State Chairmen, Alhaji Adamu D.B Musa and Umar Yusuf, one of the youth leaders from Nasarawa State called on the Governors and PDP NEC to concentrate effort on resolving the zoning issues which is at present an existential threat to the party as there is nothing to show that Dr. Godwin Emefiele has joined the race.
Prince Chibuike Afulike another youth leader from Abia State lampooned the Party’s Governors for chasing shadows while internal crisis is brewing in the Party. He opined that the Governors attempting to form a cabal in the Party will only end up polarizing the party more than it is now adding that the Governors needed to close ranks to give the party a direction.
“Leaving our party’s internal crisis to continue brewing to chase shadows is the best recipe for PDP to lose the next election. Our Governors must not be fixated and scared about Emefiele joining the race because even if he is the candidate we cannot compete if our party is this divided.”
APC have over 8 candidate’s already in the race and we are not talking about them but distracting ourselves with a man who has not shown interest apart from the Public call on him to run.
He cautioned the Governors of the Party to ensure the zoning debacle does not tear the party apart and to ensure that PDP is repositioned to appeal to Nigerians in 2023.
