You Can’t Bury PDP - Presidency Fires Back

The Presidency, yesterday, dismissed as empty boast the threat by five
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors to bury the party, if they
are unable to resolve the crisis in the party.
The five Northern governors - Sule Lamido, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Aliyu
Wamakko, Mua'zu Babangida Aliyu and Murtala Nyako - who have been
meeting with political stakeholders in the country, had threatened on
Monday to help bury the PDP if their efforts to solve its problems
flopped.
Although Nyako was not present at themeeting with Generals Ibrahim
Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, he immediately released a
statement aligning position with the four other governors, saying that
it was time something was done to salvage the party or bury it.
The governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Sajoh
Ahmed, noted: "We have held consultations with former heads of state
on the needfor them and other major stakeholdersto save the party from
dying.
"We will continue to make our efforts to save the party. But if our
efforts do not work, we have no alternative than to fold our arms, and
see PDP die and help in burying it."
But firing back at the governors, Special Adviser to President
Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, said the
five governors were incapable of bringing down the PDP.
Gulak, who also accused the governors of trying to force out President
Jonathan, said, however, that they would fail, as their agenda was not
in the interest of the generality of Nigerians.
The Presidential aide also said that all those working with the five
governors would also fail in their selfish bid to unseat Jonathan
because Nigerians were wiser than all of them.
The political adviser said: "They (the governors) cannot bury PDP, as
the party is above them.
"Their agenda is not to bury PDP but toget President Goodluck Jonathan
out but they will certainly fail. I can assure you that all those in
that group and sharing their agenda will also fail woefully, as
Nigerians are wiser," the Presidential adviser said.
The governors, who had earlier met with Governor Rotimi Amaechi in
Port Harcourt last week, during which they narrowly escaped being
injured by irate political demonstrators, later moved to the country
home of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State,
and had a lengthy discussion with him.
Although their meeting with Obasanjo coincided with that of President
Jonathan, who came out to say that he visited the former leader as
part of his condolence visit to his media aide, Reuben Abati, over the
demise of his mother, the details of what the four governors discussed
with Obasanjo have not been made public barely a week after.