Former governor of Imo state, Ikedi Ohakim has called for the immediate resignation of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mallam Adamu Mu’azu and some of its national working committee members.
Ohakim in a statement he issued after the results of the UK Elections was announced urged Mu’azu to emulate the Leader of the Labour Party and Liberal Democratic Party who resigned immediately after their respective parties lost the elections.
“In a recently published newspaper article, titled, ‘PDP: What Happened?’ I opined that the first step that should be taken in reinventing the party is the immediate resignation of its national chairman, Mallam Adamu Mu’azu and some of its national working committee members.
“Before my submission, some other well-meaning Nigerians had similarly asked for the resignation of Mu’azu. As a matter of fact, more of such calls will be made in the days ahead because regardless of the defeat it suffered at the just concluded general elections, Nigerians believe that the PDP should be nurtured back to life to play the role of a creditable opposition for the growth of our democracy.
“I wish to seize this opportunity to restate that call for the immediate resignation of Mallam Mu’azu as the chairman of the PDP without further delay. I am aware that for reasons that have to do with the Nigerian factor, Mallam Mu’azu may find it difficult to submit to the wishes of Nigerians. But let me encourage him to borrow a leaf from the recent development in the United Kingdom where the leader of the Labour Party, Mr. Ed Miliband, resigned only hours after he discovered that his party has lost in the general election. Almost simultaneously, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Mr. Nick Clegg, also resigned.
“His Excellency, Mallam Adamu Mu’azu, should follow the example of these two fellows to resign his chairmanship of the PDP forthwith; so as to save Nigerians from further anxieties. A word is enough for the wise.”
In an interview with Thisday, Ohakim said Nigerians rejected President Goodluck Jonathan not the Peoples Democratic Party.
He said “In terms of politics and the next elections, PDP has a very great chance. Nigerians love PDP, they rejected the product (President Goodluck Jonathan and others) we offered at the presidential election and general elections.
“This is an opportunity for us to go back and repackage, those who hijacked the party have discovered that it did not bring any dividend; let the people that are there not think it is their birthright to do so. The blame game would not serve anybody any good, PDP has not done badly; it is not living with shame.”