BEVERLY HILLS, JULY 29, (THEWILL) – The Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday went spiritual over the leadership crisis rocking the party, declaring that God will not forgive anyone out to destroy the efforts made by the party to win the Edo governorship election.
Chairman of the board, Senator Walid Jibrin, who disclosed this on Friday while interacting with newsmen in Kaduna, attributed the crisis rocking the party to both internal and external forces.
Despite the court ruling that barred the party from going ahead with its National Convention billed for August 17, Jibrin stressed that the party would still proceed with the event based on the party’s constitution and guidelines.
“We are yet to see any judgement suspending the National convention, whichever way, if we decide to appeal and we are given accelerated hearing, nothing will stop the convention,” he said.
The PDP Board Chairman then stated that, “We will get the judgment copy and study it and thereafter take necessary actions, but whoever is out to destroy our efforts, particularly the Edo primaries, God will not forgive such person because we have all the INEC documents authenticating the Edo primaries.
“The ruling of Federal High Court, Abuja came to us as a shock but we are calling on our party members not to be discouraged as the party is taking necessary steps to resolve the problem, restore the glory and carry on with the National convention as planned,” he explained.
He called on all members of the party having any court case to withdraw such case or cases in the interest of the party, stressing that court cases was not a good omen for the party. Jibrin averred that a true party man knows that the decision of the party was supreme, appealing that a true party man should not allow selfish and personal interest override his or her sense of judgement.
