Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ambassador Umar Damagum said it is disgusting to hear leaders of the party praising the All Progressives Congress (APC) government.
Damagum who spoke on Thursday at the inauguration of caretaker committee for the South-South zone, cautioned PDP leaders against encouraging the APC administration, and said PDP is still the party to beat.
According to him, the party has been tested for 27 years, and it is one of the oldest parties in the country.
“All these shenanigans you see around the APC and the other parties, have not been more than 10 years old,” he said, and wondered if APC would survive up to 27 years.
Damagum said “there was no election as far as this party is concerned, in the South-South.”
PDP faction loyal to Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, held zonal congress in Calabar, Cross River State on February 22, and said it elected zonal executive of the party.
But Damagum explained that the tenure of the zonal committee has not expired at the time the so called zonal election was held.
“We still have a few weeks or a month or so to do the zonal congresses. So we find it necessary to come up with this caretaker committee,” he further explained.
He expressed no doubt that the caretaker committee headed by Emmanuel Ogidi “will be diligent in your responsibility and usher in the new, soon-to-be-elected executive committee of the zone.
“So, I enjoin you to be devoid of any partisanship, to be diligent in the execution of your duties and come up with an all-inclusive executive committee in the zone.”
