The PDP has issued a stern warning to its party members who are contemplating leaving the PDP for another party.
In a press statement released to the media yesterday, June 1, by the secretary of the BoT, Chief Ojo Madueke, the party told such members that they should be ready to lose their seats.
PDP also advised the public to disregard any group of people within the party claiming to be a faction of the party.
“It is important to clarify unequivocally, that there is no faction in PDP. There was only one approved national convention which took place in Port Harcourt on Saturday, May 21, which in accordance with PDP constitution, approved some far reaching resolutions that had the unanimous support of those who attended the Port Harcourt convention with subsequent endorsements of another PDP political meeting that took place in Abuja on the same day. ”
“The conveners of the Abuja meeting have since integrated their positions with the structures and resolutions of the Port Harcourt convention,” part of the statement read.
“PDP has never been stronger than it is now since its entry into the honourable role of a robust and principled opposition.
“Any suggestion of a faction, is at best ill-informed and ignorant, and at worst, is part of a grand plan to decimate the only political platform today, that is ready, experienced and able to honour the nation’s invitation to have a credible opposition party that will hold Government of the day accountable and thereby strengthen and nourish our young democracy.”
The party particularly warned legislators elected under the platform of the PDP that they stand the risk of losing their seats in the legislature if they defect to other political parties.
“Our party will insist on a declaration of vacancy and subsequent elections in affected constituencies in the event of such misguided defections,” the party warned.