G7 govs not out to break PDP —Wamakko

THE governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko on Thursday said the G7 governors never had the intention of breaking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) contrary to general impression. He said the G7 governors were the most misunderstood, most especially on their desire to turn around the fortunes of the ruling party, amid their resolve to re-establish the rule of law and sincerity of purpose in all operations by the PDP.
He said he and his colleagues never for once nursed the aim of breaking the PDP which he said would soon regain its status as the strongest political party in Nigeria.
Wamakko made this known in a chat with newsmen in Sokoto as he noted that the current unrest in PDP was part of processes which, according to him usually end up strengthening democratic practice.
He said PDP was not the only party in Nigeria that experience crises, stating that political parties in even advanced democracies had passed through worst crises which he said never made them to break-up.
The Sokoto governor said the struggles by the G7 governors within PDP were to ensure that no individual or group will be strong enough to hijack the machinery of the party.
He said the governors had only committed themselves to ensuring the suppression of what he described as parochial and selfish interest by some few members. He said the impression that certain members of the party were bigger than the others had been the root of the ongoing problem in the PDP.
He said, “The only solution to the problem in PDP is sincerity of purpose and return of the rule of law. If we can attain this, the party will emerge from the crises stronger than ever.
“We need to overcome display of personal and selfish interests by the few who feel that they are greater than the party. No one is greater than the party and the early we realised this the stronger we will become as a party.”
He said if the few members of PDP who he said had arrogated authorities to themselves continue to insist on having their ways all the time, such may cause the party to break up.
On this he stressed, “I was in the United States in the 70s, and I can recall that at a particular time, some members of the Democratic Party wanted Jimmy Carter to be president at all cost, while others preferred Kennedy. The two opposing sides did not come to terms on their interests and that paved the way for the emergence of Ronald Regan.”
He said the struggle by the G7 governors were just and necessary for the PDP to rediscover itself early enough.