Aggrieved former ministers, who served under the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government, have said that the forthcoming national convention of the party may turn out to be used as a burial day for the former ruling party.

They said that unless the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff retraced his steps from contesting at the convention, the coffin of the party would be nailed at the event.

The convention, which is slated for May 21 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, is to be used to elect national officers of the party.

At the last meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee, the offices were shared among the six geo-political zones.

However, of all the offices, party members are miffed that the office of the national chairman was zoned to the North-East where Sheriff hails from.

Sheriff, a former governor of Borno State, is the only formidable candidate for the position from the North-East.

Apart from the anger that the office was primarily zoned to Sheriff who is a new entrant to the party, majority of the members of the party are also complaining that the same North-East has produced the last two national chairmen of the party.

These former chairmen are Bamanga Tukur and a former Governor of Bauchi State, Adamu Mu’azu.

The former ministers said that Sheriff must drop his ambition or he would be the last national chairman to lead a united PDP.

Spokesperson for the ex-ministers, who is also a former Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, said this while speaking with two journalists in Abuja on Saturday.

He argued that any attempt by Sheriff to consolidate his position at the convention would spell doom for the party, adding that most stakeholders would dump the PDP and “allow it to continue to swim in impunity.”

He said concerned PDP members and stakeholders would not keep quiet and allow Sheriff to hijack the party because of his ambition, adding that the right thing needed to be done for the party to regain power at the centre in 2019.

He said, “Ali Modu Sheriff is there to perform the final funeral rites of the PDP. The May 21 national convention will mark the lying in state of the PDP which will be forever. We will not stop talking until the right thing is done.

“With what he is doing now, I think he is on a mission. The national convention must not hold on May 21. If it must hold, it will be the day of celebration of funeral rites of the PDP.”

Sulaiman added that it was “the impunity” in the PDP that led to the party’s defeat at the 2015 general elections, and urged party members and leaders at all levels to end impunity and re-position the party for future victory.

He described as political fault, the zoning of both the chairmanship and 2019 presidential ticket of the party to the North, claiming that “it is the work of Ali Modu Sheriff and his cohorts.”

Meanwhile, the members of the Board of Trustees are meeting Abuja on Monday to deliberate on the crisis rocking the party.

Our correspondent gathered that the board would also review the plan by Sheriff to amend the party’s constitution and make it almost impossible for the BoT to meet without his approval.

The National Working Committee of the party led by Sheriff has inserted a clause under the yet-to-be approved amended constitution, that the chairman of the BoT must inform the national chairman of the PDP before calling for the board’s meeting.

The majority of the members of the board have decried this aspect among other ones, as undemocratic and an act aimed at reducing the powers and influence of the board.

Efforts made to get the reaction of the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh, were not successful. Calls made to his mobile telephone indicated that it was switched off. He also did not respond to a text message sent to him.

modath:


No matter how much you wish or convulse on NL, Lere Olayinka will emerge as Pub Sec from the Sham of a convention that has already been concluded, 21st of May is just mere formality.....Stop being butthurt, not my doing that you Mostly back the horse that is a sure loser, Learn to be more discerning!!

Which yoot is PDP trying to sell? The ones fronting for bigwigs? That dont have any say? Stop that lies, even Morika that everyone is using as a model for our democracy isn't selling Fake yoot nothing!!! Ali Shekau is the potential presidential candidate, so who be fool?


Lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice, PDP erroneously believes that because the hashtag, social media army propelled Bubu to prominence, they will replicate it ba? Only yoot PDP can get is the one they've always had, the type that rejoices when mishaps occur.

Is it not same PDP still singing discordant tunes? Same Impunity, Imposition of candidates, Lack of internal democracy, gross ineptitude and monumental corruption & insensitivity to ordinary Nigerians that are the hallmarks of PDP's 16yrs, have they been addressed? Nigerians are wiser and they can see through all the shenanigans and desperation to get access once again to the yam barn...

3 Things are going to happen;

1. Ali Modu and Fayose crew will manipulate the whole process to their advantage,

2. Majority of the founding elders especially northerners ( they are purporting to appease) will defect,

3. PDP will be worse off than where they were April 2015.

Like Vanguard, Like The Nation.. The narrative is CONSTANT..

You throw stones from your glass house, then when you see the other person coming with an egg, you will then proceed to wail about Wickedness and Sadism! Very Funny.....

No abuse or insult to Mo will solve it, you won't be allowed to twist narratives unchallenged.. Thank you.

TPAND:
Please sherif Bury PDP and rebirth a more formidable opposition. Pin point the bad eggs and send them packing, they can decamp to APC where the fellow colleagues are

adeyemi2015:
We are ready for the Burial Party Joor!
I prefer APGA becoming the next opposition Party. With Willie Obiano performing Wonders in Anambra, APGA may sweep the entire SE in 2019 same way ACN swept majority States in SW in 2017 under the influence of JAGABAN!

hmuhammad:
do u even know who Sherrif is? Someone who couldn't win his polling unit for GEJ.
I was in maiduguri during the last election, the same BH sponsor voted for PMB if you don't know. PDP is dead

bejeiodus:
These men are snivelling because they have lost out in the power game. Everyone knows Sheriff has that position to keep. The region which should produce the National Chairman has decided to cede it to the North-East to help strengthen the party in the North.

What then is this noise by some political invalids? The PDP will live beyond May 21 and will continue to go from strength to strength. If any funeral would take place, it would be that of the broom wielding party in 2019.

TPAND:


Alleged BH sponsor.
Buhari was a nominated BH negotiator. See the problem is the North will never vote GEJ. It's the truth. Same as the easterners, they can't vote Buhari. PDP is not dead, not even in the north. In 2019, when PDP will bring another northern as forerunner, except Buhari's vote of confidence to drop significantly. This is a simple logic a 2-year old will crack.

omenka:
Abeg when time reach, make dem give me contract to produce the coffin. At least, let one claim some financial benefit from the incident.

Ali Modu Shekau/Fayose 2019 or death!!!

modath:




I don't

modath:
The NL/SM PDP image launderer /PR machine keep spitting different propaganda about cohesion (to their ignorant supporters who are not aware of trending hot topics) when there is a whole lot of public spats and disagreements..... PDP

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/pdp-crisis-disappointed-jonathans-support-sheriff-ex-ministers/
PDP
http://www.channelstv.com/2016/05/02/anambra-pdp-raises-alarm-non-conduct-ward-congress/

http://sunnewsonline.com/enugu-pdp-crisis-members-urge-cancellation-of-state-congress/

http://tribuneonlineng.com/problems-and-problems-of-south-west-pdp

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/05/06/pdp-cancels-congresses-in-plateau/

http://leadership.ng/news/523150/pdp-stalwart-bauchi-threatens-defect-misconduct

bejeiodus:
You have no stake in the PDP so you should keep away from its affairs. I am sure you fervently pray for a quick demise of the PDP and the subsequent subjugation of the country under a one party rule. Take it from me--it won't happen. The PDP will live through these challenges and continue to give APC political migraines.

omenka:
Abeg when time reach, make dem give me contract to produce the coffin. At least, let one claim some financial benefit from the incident.

Ali Modu Shekau/Fayose 2019 or death!!!

TPAND:


Alleged BH sponsor.
Buhari was a nominated BH negotiator. See the problem is the North will never vote GEJ. It's the truth. Same as the easterners, they can't vote Buhari. PDP is not dead, not even in the north. In 2019, when PDP will bring another northern as forerunner, except Buhari's vote of confidence to drop significantly. This is a simple logic a 2-year old will crack.

modath:


But i do, i may stan for BUBU but i love my country more...i want a virile , productive and formidable opposition to keep it on him on his toes, we are not seeing it, dammit!!!!!

PDP just aint up to scratch, they have refused to CHANGE (pun not intended) their ways from the rascality, lack of internal democracy, refusal to listen to reason etc riddled ways.... We need a great opposition....

NO Bloda, PDP's death i do not pray for, it's incapacitation and limitation of its propensity for damage however is welcome..

Proudlyngwa:


Who did the North vote in 2011

TPAND:


You need education. Receive it.
Jonathan never won any state in the north in 2011.
Buhari didn't get a clean sweep of the North. Though he had majority votes, both Nuhu ribadu and shekarau dealt a major blow to his aspirations. Nuhu won 1 state in the north. So it's a simple logic, the south and east will not vote Buhari in 2019, all PDP needs to do is to make a northerner the forerunner who can also merit regional and brotherhood parity votes from the North.

It's simple logic