Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) members have voiced their displeasure with Governor Nyesom Wike’s announcement of support for the incumbent Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is seeking a second term in office.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, Wike remarked last week, when endorsing Sanwo-Olu, “Any party running against the APC in Lagos is wasting time. Governor Sanwo-Olu is very effective. I wouldn’t go if Sanwo-Olu were a member of my party (PDP) and wasn’t performing well.
In response to Wike’s statement, former party national secretary and BoT member Ibrahim Tsauri warned Newsmen that the party would suffer if the PDP decided to punish Wike and his associates.
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He added that Wike and his supporters are significant PDP members, and punishing them would be counterproductive, and that the BoT’s mission is to make peace with enraged members, not to censure any one member.
He said, “The BoT is an advisory body shouldered with the responsibility of amicable reconciliation of aggrieved members. It has no power to punish party members. Governor Wike and his colleagues are very critical members of the party. Thinking of anything like punishment at this critical time will certainly not be good for the party.
‘’No serious political party can think of sacrificing five sitting governors, especially in an election year. We are still in the reconciliation process and are optimistic of success.”
Since appeasing Wike had failed, another BoT member who spoke to the newspaper on the condition of anonymity said it was high time the party looked at alternative ways to instill some sense of discipline and order into him.
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He argued that no one person could outnumber a political party.
He said: “No one has said he (Wike) does not have a point in the argument he has been making. What we are saying is that we have a big assignment ahead of us as a party. If he continues to insist that things must be done his own way, then, there is a problem.
“Maybe it is time for sanctions, I don’t know but again, we need to look at the issue of timing. Can we afford to be talking about sanctioning stakeholders, and serving governors who are expected to play their part in ensuring victory for our party? That is the big question!
“When the BoT recommended that the chairman should make a promise to go after the elections, our belief was that this was going to get us somewhere. Do not forget that in all this, we are only an advisory body. We can’t force our position on the party. If the five governors continue to insist on this position (that they won’t be part of the Presidential Campaign Council unless the chairman leaves), then, they have wasted our time and our effort.”
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