The Appearing Nationwide Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Celebration, Amb Umar Damagum, has suggested Former Federal Commissioner for Data and South-South chief Chief Edwin Clark to undertake a extra inclusive strategy and keep away from being sentimental in addressing points.
Addressing Clark, Damagum said, “He has all it takes to do the needful, not by taking a sentimental strategy to the state of affairs.”
On Wednesday in Abuja Clark addressed Damagum, demanding that Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, should exit the PDP for the get together to endure.
Clark expressed this in an open letter to the get together’s management, accusing Wike of leveraging his closeness to President Bola Tinubu to exert strain on Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the get together.
Because the chief of the Pan Niger Delta Discussion board, Clark said that he couldn’t stay passive whereas Wike continued to harass the governor.
He emphasised that such actions couldn’t be tolerated and should be addressed to guard the get together and its members.
Clark said, “Mr Appearing Nationwide Chairman, as a matter of truth, it’s not simply the Nationwide Authorized Adviser of the PDP that’s shocked about your actions; all well-meaning, affordable, patriotic, trustworthy, and trustworthy get together members, together with many Nigerians, are equally shocked.
“The plain anti-party actions of you and the Nationwide Secretary, each of whom are clearly instruments within the arms of Barr. Nyesom Wike, used to carry down the federal government of Siminalayi Fubara, the Govt Governor of Rivers State, as confessed by Wike himself throughout his latest outing at Ogu/Bolo Native Authorities Space, the native authorities of Senator George Sekibo, is palpable.
“The latest actions of Wike earlier than and over the last assembly of the get together in April, exhibits clearly that he’s all out to destabilize the sleek operating of the Rivers State authorities; he is able to use his closeness to Mr. President to insult, intimidate and harass members of the get together, particularly these in Rivers State, who’ve determined to tow the appropriate paths of each the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Structure of the PDP, and who had been the spine of Barr. Wike’s authorities as Governor of Rivers State, for eight years.”
For months, governance in Rivers State has been practically paralyzed because of the ongoing political feud between Wike and Fubara, each members of the PDP.
This battle has led to a division throughout the State Home of Meeting, with one faction, led by Martin Amaewhule, aligning with Wike, whereas the opposite, led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, stays loyal to Governor Fubara.
Regardless of efforts by President Bola Tinubu and different elder statesmen in Rivers and throughout Nigeria, makes an attempt to reconcile the 2 sides have been unsuccessful, as they proceed to work in opposition to one another.
In his response through the inauguration of the PDP Nationwide Reconciliation and Disciplinary Committees in Abuja on Thursday, he suggested Clark to replicate on his age and chorus from participating in public disputes.
Damagum said, “I’ll borrow Olisah Metuh’s remarks from 2015, when Edwin Clark left the get together.
“There’s little doubt that he’s an elder statesman. However I assumed that once you attain that age, God has given you the chance and knowledge to be a father to all, to not interact in public arguments.
“He has all it takes to do the needful, not by taking a sentimental strategy to the state of affairs. I used to be not raised to be disrespectful to elders, so I don’t intend to dwell on this additional.”