The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu has pleaded with the G5 governors that defected to the All Progressives congress in the final quarter of last year to return to the PDP.
Muazu approached Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido to plead with the disgruntled governors to return. This is to be followed up by a visit of the National Working Committee of the PDP to the G5 Governors in order to convince them to return to the party.
Mu’azu said, “ I want you (Lamido) to help us talk to the G-5 ahead of our meeting with them. Appeal to their sense of patriotism. We will visit them. You are a key figure in the then G-7,which is now G-5.”
“PDP made most of the people and we expect that whatever be the case, we should remain within and correct the needful for us to move forward.
“With my colleagues in the NWC, I want to assure you that we will look at everything that led to our party to be reducing in number and in size and we will address them.
“Whatever injustice that had been done, we are going to correct them (and) we will be bold enough to say sorry to those that had been wronged.”
Muazu appealed to Lamido to be a part of a high level reconciliation committee that will be put together to woo defected members back to the PDP.
He said, “I am sure that nobody will like to leave his home; not even a fool will leave a home such as the PDP.
“The PDP is best home and the best family to be in. Those of them that have gone, I wish to appeal to them to please come back home.
“I appeal to them to have a sense of patriotism for our party. The party has offered them a lot. Let them reflect and come back because our doors are open.’’
Lamido said whilst he ahd nothing against theParty and its outgoing Chairman, some of the decisions they took were wrong.
He said, “We were traumatised in the last seven months. When we see things going wrong, we feel sad.
“Our leaders failed to understand and appraise the situation of things. We complained about things. I have nothing against Tukur, he is my elder and a brother. The entire system was about being destroyed in the last six months.
“In 1998 when we were fighting to enthrone democracy in this country, those making noise today could not talk then. They were irrelevant.
“Those in charge of our party were busy sacking people; they denied governors seats during convention and people were shut out.
“They did it in Rivers. I’m not boasting and I know the history of the party and I know what we went through in 1998.
“People, my brother governors, were in pain that the party they helped to build was doing wrong things to them.
“A former Head of State and President(Chief Olusegun Obasanjo) complained and they were not worried . Impunity became the order of the day. People were leaving and they were not worried.”
Amaechi, however said he is not a politician that speaks from both sides of his mouth indicating that Muazu’s plans may hit a brick wall before going too far.
“I wish them (PDP) good luck, but I know that the governor is a politician with character. I have told you before that the moment the arrow leaves the bow, there is no going back,” Amaechi said through his Chief of Staff, Tony Okocha.
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