Defection of PDP members to opposition normal - Tukur

Date: 2014-01-10

The PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has maintained that the defection of some of its members to the opposition party was normal in a democracy.

He stated this on Thursday in Abuja in reaction to the defection of 27 PDP members of Sokoto state House of Assembly to the opposition party APC.

Tukur, who spoke after inaugurating a 14 member caretaker committee for the party's Kwara state chapter, said; the development would not affect the party in anyway.

"If 27 have left, many would come in, that is the beauty of democracy. This is democracy in action where freedom of choice is entrenched." He said.

He said that the inauguration of the PDP Kwara care taker committee was the beginning of the process aimed at ensuring a foundation which the party had always advocated.

Tukur maintained that the PDP stands for democracy not dictatorship.

He tasked the committee members to ensure that they got the mandate of the electorate for the party in 2015.

He, however, expressed hope that the year 2014, would be a year of peace, unity and prosperity for the party and Nigerians generally.

Tukur further charged the newly inaugurated committee to manage the party affairs in Kwara ensuring that its supremacy was maintained in the state ahead of the 2015 general elections.

Mr Solomon Edoja, chairman of the committee, assured that the committee would work for the success of the party in the state in 2015 and beyond.

He said the committee would ensure that the party maintained its supremacy in the state, irrespective of the fact that some of its founding fathers had defected to the opposition.

Edoja stressed that the committee would also ensure that party members who defected to the opposition but wanted to to return were encouraged to do so.

Meanwhile, Alhaji Jubril Jos is to serve as secretary of the committee.

Other members include; Mr Olawoye Koro, Mr Isaac Adeyenu, Mr Iliasu Ibrahim, Mrs Esther Makanju and Alhaji Adebayo Jimoh among others.

(NAN)

 


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