The National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-South, Emmanuel Ogidi, has said that governors and other members who left the party recently will return soon.
Ogidi said this while fielding questions on Arise Television’s news programme on Wednesday, maintaining that despite the current challenges, the PDP remains an organised and resilient party capable of resolving its internal issues.
He dismissed concerns about alleged plans to disrupt the party’s forthcoming national convention, saying the PDP’s structures — the National Working Committee, NWC, and National Executive Committee, NEC, — are totally in control of the process.
“There was a group planning to disrupt the convention when they met in Abuja and gave some conditions, but PDP is an organized party for God’s sake. You can’t just come out and call yourself stakeholders,” Ogidi said.
He said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), had “weaponised hunger,” influencing some individuals to act against the PDP, but insisted that those who left the party would eventually return.
“We all know why they are going, but we have strong belief they’ll come back,” he stated.
Ogidi also accused some PDP members, including governors and senators, of impatience over the timing of the party’s convention, adding that there was no reason to doubt the process.
“Some of these governors or senators don’t have patience. The convention is just weeks away. Why are they thinking it won’t hold? We are in court, but that’s no reason to panic. If you’ve done the right thing, the court will give you justice,” he said.
Ogidi affirmed that the party was following due process, adding that the forthcoming convention would hold as planned.
