The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that top brass members whose sons are facing prosecution for alleged involvement in the oil subsidy scam, should sort out heir mess.
PDP National Deputy chairman, Sam Jaja, said thursday that the party did not encourage its members who are criminal suspects or those already convicted of crimes to abuse their various offices.
Speaking with reporters at the PDP’s national headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, Jaja, said the party would not rally to the aid of any members currently facing trial for involvement in any crime.
According to him, the party would allow Mahmud Tukur and Nasir Ali, sons of the party’s national chairman, Bamanga Tukur, and a former national chairman, Ahmadu Ali, respectively, to bear their own crosses.
“On the issue of some PDP members being involved in oil subsidy, these are individuals,” said Mr. Jaja, adding, “Everybody will bear his own cross.”
Mr. Jaja also asserted that “there are governors who are now facing prosecution as a result of their actions and inactions, so is not a party thing.
“PDP did not send anybody to go and misbehave. Even if you mention my chairman’s son, he is up to age. Assuming he is to go to jail, they will not come and jail the national chairman, because he did not send him.”
However, Mr. Jaja denied that the party would help any suspect. Speaking about Mr. Tukur’s son, Mr. Jaja said, “He is a man of age and he has a household, he has his family. Everybody will account for his own position.”