President Goodluck Jonathan has
described the lingering crises within the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party as a minor disagreement.
The President said this at a
post-convention dinner held in honour of the newly elected members of
the national executive committee of the party, in Abuja, on Sunday.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and
seven serving governors on the party’s platform walked out of its
mini-convention, in Abuja penultimate Saturday and announced a formation
of a new faction.
Jonathan noted that what was happening was normal in every human organisation.
He accused the media of exaggerating recent happenings within the party.
“We are all adults and we all know that in all human institutions there must be some disagreements.
“There is no human institution that
shouldn’t have any disagreement. In families, we disagree. So, what
happened I believe is a minor disagreement we will be able to solve,” he
said.
Jonathan noted that disagreements were
normal within a family but that care should be taken to ensure that such
disagreements were handled in a manner that cohesion would remain.
ABEOKUTA
— A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Prince
Buruji Kashamu, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of
master-minding the ongoing crisis in the ruling party at the national
level.
Kashamu in a statement, yesterday, in Abeokuta, described Obasanjo action as deceitful.
He said the actions of the “so-called seven aggrieved governors and their collaborators” explained better.
According to him: “The events leading to the current storm in a tea cup are all too familiar to warrant a recount here. But true to my character, what I find unsettling and difficult to stomach is the pretensions of some of our leaders who are now masquerading as peace makers.”
“There is sufficient evidence that they were part and parcel of the gang up against the Presidency and the leadership of the party.
“Let me state from the outset that while it is true that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is my adopted political father and I am one of his foot soldiers, it is also true that I have learnt from him the virtues of courage and how to speak the truth to power, irrespective of whose ox is gored.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/obasanjo-behind-pdp-crisis-kashamu-alleges/#sthash.MxpqwL26.dpuf
Kashamu in a statement, yesterday, in Abeokuta, described Obasanjo action as deceitful.
He said the actions of the “so-called seven aggrieved governors and their collaborators” explained better.
According to him: “The events leading to the current storm in a tea cup are all too familiar to warrant a recount here. But true to my character, what I find unsettling and difficult to stomach is the pretensions of some of our leaders who are now masquerading as peace makers.”
“There is sufficient evidence that they were part and parcel of the gang up against the Presidency and the leadership of the party.
“Let me state from the outset that while it is true that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is my adopted political father and I am one of his foot soldiers, it is also true that I have learnt from him the virtues of courage and how to speak the truth to power, irrespective of whose ox is gored.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/obasanjo-behind-pdp-crisis-kashamu-alleges/#sthash.MxpqwL26.dpuf
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