Former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, on Thursday said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) internal crisis “is widened by external meddling”.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that with 20 days to the kick-off of campaigns ahead of the 2023 presidential election, all appears not well with one of Nigeria’s leading political parties, the PDP.
There are growing concerns among observers that if the internal wrangling is not resolved on time, it is capable of impacting negatively on the party’s chances in the 2023 poll.
Since May 28 when former Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerged as the presidential candidate of the party, he is yet to set up his campaign organisation and structure across the country.
In the primary, Atiku defeated several aspirants, including his closest rival, Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State.
But since his emergence, different blocs in the party, especially southern leaders, have repeatedly protested and insisted that it was the turn of the region to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor.
While efforts are being made to heal the wounds that resulted from the primaries, the crisis appears to be escalating over what could be described as caustic comments by some leaders.
On Thursday, the PDP’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin, resigned from his position, to leave room for balance in the national leadership of the party.
Reacting to his party’s affairs, Sani wrote on his verified Twitter handle: “The PDP’s internal crisis is widened by external meddling; but it’s part of the game. The party should rise above this, unite and match to power; because the alternative to this is suicidal self-annihilation. The resignation of Bot Chair, Sen Walid Jubril should open a new window.”
