{"id":101257,"date":"2022-11-12T20:09:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T19:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101257"},"modified":"2022-11-12T20:09:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T19:09:46","slug":"im-not-part-of-pdp-crisis-says-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/im-not-part-of-pdp-crisis-says-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m not part of PDP crisis, says Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has stated he has no hands in the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n

The PDP has been dogged by crisis over the demand of five Governors elected on the party that the national chairman Senator Iyorchia Ayu should resign.<\/p>\n

The G-five Governor\u2019s comprising Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Samuel Ortom(Benue) said they won\u2019t back the presidential candidate of the party Atiku Abubakar except Ayu resigns.<\/p>\n

Former Benue Governor Gabriel Suswam, on Thursday hinted that Jonathan has been drafted to resolve the crisis.<\/p>\n

But the former President in a statement by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, denied having anything to do with the crisis rocking the party.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cOur attention has been drawn to news media and social media reports linking former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s name to the current troubles in the Peoples Democratic Party with a false claim that the aggrieved PDP governors are demonstrating their loyalty to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also not unmindful of the fact that, this being an electioneering season, bizarre tales are often contrived, propagated and weaponised to either smear others or deliver cheap political advantage to the purveyors.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, we would like to make the point that it is not out of place if there were crises in a political party like the PDP and a former President, who served under the party\u2019s platform, is called upon to intervene. That being the case, we initially did not see anything wrong with the headlines in some papers, indicating that the former President was being persuaded to help resolve the issues in the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, we are dismayed that the seemingly purpose-minded headlines were only cast to mask the mischief of the sponsors of the story and hoodwink the unsuspecting populace. Our attention was called to provocative and insulting statements in separate but similar versions of the story in different news media, either claiming that \u2018the whole thing we are seeing in the PDP\u2026is orchestrated for President Jonathan\u2019, or that \u2018he (Jonathan) is encouraging governors Nyesom Wike, Makinde, Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi and Ortom to behave the way they are doing\u2019, knowing that \u2018these five governors are fighting his cause\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that such duplicitous statements could not have emanated from the camps of those who truly wish the party well. It simply shows that the so-called \u2018sources\u2019 of the story are not disposed to the peace and unity they pretend to be seeking in the PDP.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former President also dismissed claims that he was nursing a grudge against the party\u2019s flag bearer, Atiku.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cHow could anybody turn around in 2022 to accuse Jonathan of bearing a grudge against the PDP when the former President had campaigned vigorously for the party and its presidential candidate during the 2019 elections?<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201c\u201cThose who insinuate that Dr Jonathan is not happy with the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, because of whatever roles he played ahead of the 2015 elections forget that the former President actively campaigned for Atiku in 2019, attending the flag off of his campaign in Sokoto and subsequently participated in the campaigns in some states like Rivers and Bayelsa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that Dr Jonathan stood out as an exemplary politician who, throughout his political career, abhorred treachery and mean-mindedness, and played politics without bitterness, needs no gainsay.\u00a0 Unlike many of his detractors, the former President has, out of office, progressed to a higher level of statesmanship, faithfully applying himself to causes that promote peace, love, unity and progress across the entire West African sub-region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is Dr Jonathan\u2019s wish that the PDP is able to resolve its internal crisis, unite all members and have a good showing in the forthcoming 2023 elections. We wish to however point out that it will be difficult to achieve this aspiration if some forces in the party continue to engage in mudslinging, disinformation and manifest tendencies that negate the values that are dear to loyal party members.\u201d<\/p>\n

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