The nPDP has
condemned in strong terms, a second attempt by the police to disrupt its G7
caucus meeting which took place on the eve of 3rd November,
2013, at the Kano State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, where the faction
had assembled to review progress reports, accept the reports of committees and
take important decisions on the future of the movement.
The Caucus
comprises the G7 Governors, former Governors, present and past Senators, past
and present members of the Federal House of Representatives, National Working
Committee (NWC) members and some elders and stakeholders of the party.
A statement to
NF-Reports by Chief Eze Chukwemeka Eze, the National Publicity Secretary of the
nPDP revealed what transpired during the meeting
“Sadly, midway into the meeting, the
Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Asokoro Police Unit, CSP Nnanna
Ama, burst into the scene and ordered the meeting stopped, threatening to
mobilize troops to abort it if his order was not obeyed.
“According to CSP
Ama he has the directive from the Villa to arrest the Governors if the meeting
is not stopped. For a DPO to be sent not only to disrupt meeting of Governors
duly elected by Nigerians but to arrest them if they fail to heed his counsel
is a sign that these people can decide to disrupt the association of any group
of Nigerians at any time knowing that such an act is a breach of the
Constitution of our country. Not minding all our past complains about the
impunity and disregard of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
by our Security organs and it is saddening that the Federal Government has
continued to maintain stoic silence and bluntly refused to call our security
agencies to order accordingly. To us, this is one of the wonders of the present
administration in Nigeria. What is baffling to us the more is the continuous
silence of our elders and past Heads of State on these various acts of impunity
perpetuated by this administration knowing the grave danger such acts will lead
this country to. Let it not be assumed that we are the only one to suffer for
this desperation and frustration by some of these misguided elements in this
administration as they will go after other Nigerians if they are not called to
order on time.
“Though before the
arrival of CSP Ama, the Governors have gone very far in their deliberations as
the meeting has considered the Mobilisation/Contact Committee’s recommendations
on how to receive the five new Governors joining the group and directed the NWC
of the party to set in motion machinery to receive the new entrants. The NWC
was also directed to critically examine the available options and recommend to
the Caucus the platform to be used for the 2015 general elections. The Caucus
is to deliberate on this during its next meeting to be held immediately after
the proposed peace talks with President Goodluck Jonathan. The options to be
considered include; remaining in PDP or adopting any of the three other
options, namely, accepting the proposal of APC or joining PDM, VOA or form a new
political party.
“The Caucus also
noted the majority request that seeing that we have majority of our members in
the National Assembly and majority of the Governors, the idea of waiting for
the meeting with Mr. President before deciding our future is no longer ideal in
view of the lukewarm attitude of “Mr. President and his lieutenants in
restoring peace to the party and refusal to attend to most of our demands. The
Caucus decided to give the President some weeks grace before finally deciding
on the next line of action.
“The Caucus
also stated total displeasure at the lack of reasonable effort to sort out the
lingering ASSU/FG face-off which has kept our children at home for over four
months. It counselled the Federal Government to urgently arrest this ugly
incident by declaring a state of emergency in the education sector to enable
the Government meet up with the demands of ASUU.
“The Caucus
concluded by encouraging members to continue to keep faith with the leadership
of the party at this trial period, fully aware that it is only a matter of time
before we take a final decision that will auger well for our nascent democracy
and the nation at large.
“Governors Aliyu
Babangida of Niger, Sule Lamido of Jigawa, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano,
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, Aliyu Wammako of
Sokoto and Abdulfatai Ahmed of Kwara State could not make it to the meeting due
to urgent state matters but sent their apologies, which were accepted by the
Caucus. Others that attended include Danjuma Goje (Gombe State); and Abdullahi
Adamu (Nasarawa State).Others included the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji
Abubakar Kawu Baraje; Deputy Chairman Sam Sam Jaja; National Secretary
Olagunsoye Oyinlola; and Vice-Chairman, North-West, Ibrahim Kazuare, among
others”.
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Mr DPO do you take your directives from villa, better go back to police collage
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