Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the recent developments of the Peoples Democratic Party’s 98th Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
This is even as he affirms his belief that political power is granted sorely by divine authority, not by human intervention.
In a WhatsApp group chat with his supporters on Friday, following the contentious NEC meeting in Abuja, the former vice president, affirmed his belief that “There is God. It is God that gives power, not anybody.”
This is coming after the party’s Deputy National Chairman (South), Taofeek Arapaja, has addressed the growing calls for the suspension of former Rivers State governor and current Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike and other members of the defunct G5 governors within the PDP over alleged anti-party activities.
Recall that ahead of the two meetings, some top chieftains of the party, including former PDP governorship candidate in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, had boasted that every top chieftain of the party accused of anti-party activities would get serious sanctions from the party’s NEC on Thursday.
However, on Thursday, the PDP NEC failed to comment on the alleged anti-party issues and retained the party’s former Vice Chairman (North), Umar Damagum, as the party’s acting national chairman until its next NEC meeting.
In his reaction, Arapaja said;
“I think that is not part of the activities of the NEC. We have different committees like the reconciliation committee and the disciplinary committee. So we have internal mechanisms to deal with things like that. And then, they have never been accused; they have never been charged and they haven’t presented themselves for the disciplinary committee or anything. So, I don’t think that is for NEC to do.
“Whoever is alleging them of committing anti-party should forward their complaints to the disciplinary committee. That is just it. There are lots of mechanisms and processes that need to take place and things like that are not the duty of the NEC.”
