The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT) on Tuesday in Abuja charged the party members to works towards the consolidation of the nation’s democracy.
The PDP BoT Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, said this during the Board’s meeting, even as he warned against the dangers of the country morphing into one a party state.
“A lot has happened; a lot is happening; this is the time to hit the ground running since all the judgements have come and gone.
“Our role as members of the BoT, the main organ of this party, is to ensure that this party did not die. If PDP goes under, definitely democracy will go under in Nigeria.
“We know that there are plans to turn this country into a one-party state but that will be only when we allow it.
“So we must fight for democracy in Nigeria. No body owns this party but other parties are owned. Here, we follow due process democratically,” the former Senate President said.
Wabara also tasked members of the party, including the BoT members, to do everything to bring the party back on track.
Wabara, who said there were so many issues happening within the party added it was time to address them.
“Some people are blaming us for not taking disciplinary actions on time; of course that has always been the bane of the party.
“We look at faces before we take the action. But some of us, especially the BoT, we are always objective.
“Anything that goes outside our constitution will create problems; we should strictly abide by our constitution“, he said.
The party acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, said it was time to rebuild the party after all litigations arising from the 2023 general election had been resolved.
Damagum expressed the readiness of the party national leadership to work for the party’s victory in upcoming Edo and Ondo -cycle governorship elections.