The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Ahmadu Ali, called the ex
Information Minister, Labaran Maku, who dumped the party, “a dangerous
boy”.
Ali also vowed to make sure that Maku, who defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), would be failing for the rest of his life, Premium Times reports.
Speaking in Lafia, Nasarawa State, January 27, the official explained how Maku’s move badly influenced the PDP and lamented that he benefited from the Federal Government only to further dump the ruling party.
“We have a young man who from nowhere was a Deputy Governor of this state for four years, from nowhere he was made a Minister at the federal level for six years, decided to leave the party for another party and keep telling lies that by being in that party, he is helping us.
“He is only going there to reduce our votes. He is a dangerous boy.
“We must make sure that now that he has shown his colour, he will continue failing for the rest of his life unless he retraces his steps back to the elders like us and we will forgive him.”
Ali also urged the people in attendance to support the PDP’s presidential candidate, Goodluck Jonathan, so as other party’s representatives.
Jonathan also spoke about Maku and dismissed information that he supported Maku’s defection.
“We are told and everybody spoke about that the former Minister of Information that is in another party and saying that it is the President who asked him to go to another party. Definitely I cannot play anti-party.
“PDP is my party and all those who want to help us should come to PDP and work for PDP so that PDP will be in control of Nasarawa State so that government of PDP in Nasarawa State and the Federal Government that will be in the hands of PDP and work together to move Nasarawa State forward.”
The Senate President, David Mark, confirmed Jonathan’s claims and advised the former minister to apologize to the PDP and return.
“And we want to emphasise it; (the) President is body and soul PDP.
“He can’t, therefore, put somebody in another political party to be campaigning on behalf of another political party.
“How can you be in APGA and be campaigning for the PDP presidential candidate? Return to PDP with apology because before we even take him he has to apologise to all the good people in PDP.’’
It should be recalled that after the defection, the newly-made APGA member many times expressed his full support to GEJ saying that the PDP candidate had positively transformed Nigeria and deserved a second term.
Labara Maku
Ali also vowed to make sure that Maku, who defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), would be failing for the rest of his life, Premium Times reports.
Speaking in Lafia, Nasarawa State, January 27, the official explained how Maku’s move badly influenced the PDP and lamented that he benefited from the Federal Government only to further dump the ruling party.
“We have a young man who from nowhere was a Deputy Governor of this state for four years, from nowhere he was made a Minister at the federal level for six years, decided to leave the party for another party and keep telling lies that by being in that party, he is helping us.
“He is only going there to reduce our votes. He is a dangerous boy.
“We must make sure that now that he has shown his colour, he will continue failing for the rest of his life unless he retraces his steps back to the elders like us and we will forgive him.”
Ali also urged the people in attendance to support the PDP’s presidential candidate, Goodluck Jonathan, so as other party’s representatives.
Jonathan also spoke about Maku and dismissed information that he supported Maku’s defection.
“We are told and everybody spoke about that the former Minister of Information that is in another party and saying that it is the President who asked him to go to another party. Definitely I cannot play anti-party.
“PDP is my party and all those who want to help us should come to PDP and work for PDP so that PDP will be in control of Nasarawa State so that government of PDP in Nasarawa State and the Federal Government that will be in the hands of PDP and work together to move Nasarawa State forward.”
The Senate President, David Mark, confirmed Jonathan’s claims and advised the former minister to apologize to the PDP and return.
“And we want to emphasise it; (the) President is body and soul PDP.
“He can’t, therefore, put somebody in another political party to be campaigning on behalf of another political party.
“How can you be in APGA and be campaigning for the PDP presidential candidate? Return to PDP with apology because before we even take him he has to apologise to all the good people in PDP.’’
It should be recalled that after the defection, the newly-made APGA member many times expressed his full support to GEJ saying that the PDP candidate had positively transformed Nigeria and deserved a second term.
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