Fearless People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Delta State chieftain, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, has declared that those who have remained in the party are the genuine members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) committed to the true course of the party.
According to him, the PDP remains the only national party in Nigeria, and it must cleanse itself to move forward.Prof. Muoboghare stated that it is time for the genuine members of the PDP to take serious action against those who pretend to be part of the party but are actually working against it.
He noted that without expelling such persons, the party would never make meaningful progress.In his words, one of the individuals who must be shown the way out for the party to move forward is Atiku Abubakar, whom he described as a serial defector.
He accused Atiku of coming and going at will and each time he returns, he assumes the position of the presidential candidate is reserved for him.“Atiku has defected to and returned from all known political parties, and finding no new one to defect to, now attempts to force the PDP into a merger with strange bed fellows to create yet another amorphous party. Prostitution, in anyway defined, is injurious.” “These three musketeers who have troubled our Party must be shown the way out.”
Muoboghare further lamented that Atiku believes he has the right to defect to Labour Party, run to APC, and come back to PDP, only to start using the PDP’s name to negotiate mergers with other parties. He described this act as irresponsible and criminal.
According to the Delta PDP chieftain, people like Atiku Abubakar should not be accommodated in a serious minded party like the PDP.
He emphasized that the party would work towards expelling Atiku because, without such action, the PDP would remain stagnant while others advance.Muoboghare also called for the expulsion of Aminu Tambuwal, describing him as another unstable character who does not mean well for the party.
He blamed Tambuwal for starting the crisis that rocked the party in 2014/2015 by working against the PDP when Goodluck Jonathan was president.He noted that it was unacceptable for such persons to return to the party after causing damage and then attempt to dictate its direction.
He maintained that genuine members of the PDP would no longer tolerate such behaviors, declaring emphatically, “We say no to him, he has to be expelled for the party to move forward.”Prof. Muoboghare didn’t stop there.
He insisted that Bukola Saraki must also be expelled, accusing him of destroying the PDP in Kwara State and being unable to deliver it.
According to him, Saraki’s instability and inability to manage the political space led to the loss of Kwara State to the APC.
He warned that individuals like Saraki could defect at any moment to any party, including the Action Congress, APC, Labour Party, or APGA.
He stressed that the new PDP of today, made up of remnants of loyalists, cannot continue to associate with such unstable characters.
Muoboghare noted that failure to expel these three, Atiku Abubakar, Aminu Tambuwal, and Bukola Saraki, would lead to another wave of mass defections from the PDP, even among its committed members. He accused the trio of not wishing the party well.
The chieftain vowed that as time goes on, more such individuals would be identified and expelled to save the party. He boldly declared, “PDP shall rise again, but we will rise without these three.”Prof. Muoboghare criticized Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, labeling both as serial defectors.
He condemned their current attempt to negotiate a merger between Labour Party and PDP without the authorization of the National Working Committee or the Board of Trustees of the PDP.
He concluded that people like Atiku and Obi trade with the name of their parties for personal gains and are responsible for the current weakness in Nigeria’s opposition, adding, “How can the economy be doing well when there’s no proper, articulate opposition and only carpetbaggers parading themselves as leaders?
