- Segun Olagunji, NAN
Members of PDP Youth Vanguard have accused the Sokoto state Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal and a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha of sponsoring misleading newspaper publication against the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).
The group made this revelation Thursday while briefing newsmen in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.
Speaking on behalf of his members, Barrister Olakunle Adefarasin said that Tambuwal and his long time friend, Ihedioha had used the publication to pitch NWC members against each other.
He noted that the duo had earlier used one of their Aides, Madu Chinemerem to raise an unfounded alarm that some members of the PDP NWC were paid huge sum of money to work against the party’s Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
According to Barrister Olakunle, PDP Youth Vanguard views such misleading alarm and publication against PDP NWC as unfounded, uncalled for and baseless, adding that the motive behind the accusation by Tambuwal and Ihedioha was to exhibit an undue pretentious closeness and love to the PDP Presidential candidate.
“It’s regrettable and unwholesome to inform Nigerians that Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal and Emeka Ihedioha are behind this false and misleading publication against members of PDP National Working Committee (NWC). The truth is that both Tambuwal and Ihedioha, including their conspirators are aware that leaders of our party do contribute money for the upkeep of the party.”
“Such monies realized are allocated to party officials and staff as housing allowances and other relevant purposes. It therefore smacks of wickedness, pettiness and deceit for Tambuwal and Ihedioha to mislead the general public that such constitutional rights to party officials amount to bribery. The allegation is only targeted at embarrassing our party and its officials, and we take exception to this level of trickery and unfairness”
“Our regret is that few days ago, one Madu Chinemerem, suspected to be an Aide to Ihedioha purportedly raised an unfounded alarm that some members of NWC were paid huge amount of money through a National Vice Chairman of the Party. Since his alarm, our party’s internal dealings have become a subject of public discourse which is unhealthy to our chances of delivery now that the ban on campaigns have been lifted”
PDP Youth Vanguard further expresses disappointment that having known the workings and activities of the party as it concerns the welfare of its officials, Tambuwal and Ihedioha still went ahead to peddle such weighty falsehood with a view to creating confusion amongst party leaders.
The group therefore frowned at the party members who were in the habit of hiding under available opportunities to attack its leadership through sponsored Newspaper publications, adding that such mischief is currently creating undue tension in the party.
The group called on the leadership of the party to immediately suspend the duo for dragging PDP to public ridicule in a bid to satisfy their selfish political desires.
“The ban on campaigns had been lifted, our focus should be how best to market the party candidates to enable them win the general election particularly, the PDP Presidential election in 2023.”
@News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
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