A group, Alliance for Social Justice in Nigeria, has urged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to prevail on the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to resign his position for the sake of the party’s stability.
The group’s position is contained in a communique issued after its congress on Saturday in Abuja.
It expressed fear that the leadership crisis in the PDP could weaken the party to the detriment of democracy in Nigeria.
“A strong opposition party is a foundation for the sustenance of true democracy, and so a crisis-ridden and weakened PDP that may not be able to check the ruling APC is inimical to the growth of Nigeria’s democracy,” the group said.
The communique was signed by the group’s President, Sylvanus Ukpong; Vice President, Aliyu Oboshi; Secretary General, Aniche Paulina; and the spokesperson, Jesse Bello.
“We view the PDP crisis as self-inflicted because the party leaders were irrational in the first instance when they threw open the party’s presidential ticket to all the zones in Nigeria instead of zoning it to the South since the current President Muhammadu Buhari is from the North.
“We strongly believe that having a President from the South in 2023 can help reduce ethnic distrust and promote national unity in our dear country.
A group, Alliance for Social Justice in Nigeria, has urged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to prevail on the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to resign his position for the sake of the party’s stability.
The group’s position is contained in a communique issued after its congress on Saturday in Abuja.
It expressed fear that the leadership crisis in the PDP could weaken the party to the detriment of democracy in Nigeria.
“A strong opposition party is a foundation for the sustenance of true democracy, and so a crisis-ridden and weakened PDP that may not be able to check the ruling APC is inimical to the growth of Nigeria’s democracy,” the group said.
The communique was signed by the group’s President, Sylvanus Ukpong; Vice President, Aliyu Oboshi; Secretary General, Aniche Paulina; and the spokesperson, Jesse Bello.
“We view the PDP crisis as self-inflicted because the party leaders were irrational in the first instance when they threw open the party’s presidential ticket to all the zones in Nigeria instead of zoning it to the South since the current President Muhammadu Buhari is from the North.
“We strongly believe that having a President from the South in 2023 can help reduce ethnic distrust and promote national unity in our dear country.
