nPDP to APC, Presidency: Ignore ultimatum at your peril – Frank-Crossfire

The defunct new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) faction led by Alhaji – Adamu’s group Kawu Baraje has warned both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency to ignore their ultimatum for talks on the way forward for the APC at their own peril. Spokesman of the group, Comrade Timi Frank, in a statement dared them to shun the warning and risk dire consequences. BODE OLAGOKE brings details
“I want to use this opportunity to remind my party that this is same way we were trying to correct the wrongs of the Jonathan’s government while in the PDP, but they never listened to us.
We told them why we were aggrieved. “Our leaders moved round the states to talk to party members, to ask the government at that time to listen to our views, but at the end of the day, they refused, they ignored us, that is how we left. “When we left, we join the APC and that was how today, we are enjoying this so called change agenda we are talking about.
So, if today, 95 per cent of us, who came from the new PDP are aggrieved and they felt they are going to undermine us, or they are going to ignore our group, so be it.
“But at the end of the day, we believe we are going to take a decision that will benefit the Nigerian people because we believe that democracy should be all inclusive. Democracy should not be a situation where when you speak the truth, you will be harassed, you will be intimidated and so on.
“Today, everyone that is being harassed within the APC, came from the new PDP. We have not seen anybody from the ACN or the CPC or the ANPP or the section of APGA that join us that is being intimidated or harassed. It is clear. So, we are not going to be intimidated. “We believe we are going to be doing the right thing. We believe we are going to do everything possible to rescue Nigeria the same way we rescued Nigeria from the PDP.
So, if today, we decided to lay our complaints to the party and they feel it is not important for them to attend to our issues, we will leave them to God. God will someday judge.” “Abdulmumin Jibrin, who were in my party secretariat yesterday to oppose the view of the majority, to oppose what our leaders have said. The chairman of our group, Alhaji Kawu Baraje was at the secretariat to submit a letter informing the party of our grievances as the new PDP that joined the merger that brought the APC into power.
“In all of these, I want to make it very clear that we have no faction in our group. I saw in some of the papers that there is cracked in the new PDP.
There is no crack as far as we are concerned. We only have one group, we have only one leader and that leader remains only Alhaji Kawu Baraje and I can tell you clearly that without fear or favour. “I want to make it known to all of you that Alhaji Kawu Baraje is not alone in that letter. He has the mandate of over 95% of some of us that joined the new PDP into the APC that make new victories successful in 2015.” “Everybody knows that it was because of our participation to join the APC that practically brought the victory we are all enjoying today.
“So, when people like Sen. Abdullahi Adamu who used to be one of us came up with some of his positions yesterday, he must have forgotten history and I want to make it known to you that whatever they’ve said to counter our move, are total lies. “Nigerians are there to testify. They said the new PDP group has benefitted massively from this government. That is one of their claims which is not true. But, I want to make it very clear that we are not here to respond to individuals, we are here to make it known that our letter is to the party. “So, it is left for the party to either take it seriously or not.
But I believe any serious party will take whatever position or decision we have brought them to look into. “Today makes it seven days from the day our group brought this letter to the party. But as it stands, we’ve not gotten any response yet from them. As we’ve said, whatever we must have said in that letter, it is not an empty threat. If they decide to ignore us, so, be it. “But at the appropriate time, we are going to respond and make our position known to Nigerians based on what we’ve said. It is not just a mere threat, it is not just a mere ultimatum.
But I will tell you clearly that we are meeting with our leaders and we are going to come up with clear positions on our next step if fi nally they don’t attend to us.