The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Abdulrahman, has vowed to reconcile aggrieved members and rebuild the occasion’s construction forward of the 2027 common election.
Abdulrahman, who assumed management of the principle opposition occasion on Saturday following the suspension of National Secretary Samuel Anyanwu and Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade, made the pledge throughout a press briefing on the occasion’s Wuse workplace in Abuja on Monday, November 3.
Speaking on the state of the occasion on Monday, November 3, Abdulrahman expressed concern over its decline since dropping energy in 2015, describing the PDP’s present situation as “pitiable.”
Reading from an announcement titled “A New Dawn,” he stated, “We are all aware of the current pitiable state of our glorious party because of the actions and inactions of our leaders and members.
“From being the ruling party for 16 uninterrupted years to being an opposition party for over 10 years now at the national level; from being a formidable opposition to a now humbled opposition owing to the unexplainable, unconscionable defections of governors, legislators, and council chairmen, among others.”
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He stated he accepted the position “through the mercy of God and the instrumentality of very critical stakeholders,” promising to heal divisions throughout the occasion and finish factionalism.
“My job here as Acting National Chairman is to heal the party of its wounds and end factionalisation,” Abdulrahman stated.
The new chairman additionally introduced plans to organise an all-inclusive nationwide conference and conclude pending congresses at zonal, state, native authorities, and ward ranges earlier than handing over to a duly elected National Working Committee.
He stated, “I want to assure all PDP faithful, critical stakeholders, and Nigerians at large, that a new dawn has come and with it the renaissance of the PDP.”
Abdulrahman urged members to unite behind the objective of reviving the occasion’s fortunes. “I cannot do this seemingly difficult job alone. I will need all your support, prayers, and genuine commitment to join hands in lifting our party, the PDP, upwards,” he stated.
He added that consultations had been ongoing and that the National Executive Committee assembly can be held quickly to chart the occasion’s future route.
