Chairman, National Unity Party (NUP) Perry Opara has insisted that PDP is dead despite the assertion by the immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan who recently claimed that PDP remains the biggest and strongest party in Nigeria
Opara, who is the self-acclaimed chairman of the mega party set up to wrestle power from the ruling party made this remark on January 15 while disagreeing with Jonathan’s assertion on the superiority of PDP in Nigerian politics.
According him, Jonathan’s nature and the action of former President Olusegun Obasanjo during the campaign period led to the failure of the PDP.
He said: “I totally disagree with former President, Jonathan. In the first place, he caused PDP’s defeat in 2015. He should not have contested in 2015. He should have allowed Dr. Tafawa Balewa and others to compete with him in the 2015 PDP presidential primary. Jonathan is a good man but not a courageous leader. Courageous leaders strengthen institutions to make them strong. Weak leaders don’t make institutions strong.
PAY ATTENTION: Get the latest News on ZENITHBLOG.com News App
“PDP is gone and gone forever. PDP died the day Obasanjo tore his membership card. Jonathan woke up from his political slumber very late in the day. When he lost election in April 2015, leaders of PDP went to him severally to reorganise the party but he could not do that until he left office. Even after leaving office he could not do
“Two years after, he has realised his mistakes to reorganise PDP when things have gone bad. No way! It is late. His entry into PDP now will create the 3rd faction in the party. He should step back and enjoy his retirement. The soul of PDP has left and will never come back,” he told leadership.
Going further, he also stressed that the former President was not in charge of his Jonathan, 2015 Presidential campaign.
“You don’t change a winning team. His structures in the party were dismantled before the 2015 reelection bid. Yet, he couldn’t do anything.
“He was not in charge. Instead of campaigning on issues, they campaigned with money and left the substance. He resorted to campaign of calumny against Buhari. How do you convince Nigerians that such a corrupt group should come back in 2019. Never; forget it,” he added.
Below is a video where the former president tore his PDP membership card.
0naze
No comments:
Post a Comment