PDP IS HEADING FOR TOTAL DESTRUCTION. - SENATOR DAVID MARK.

 

Senate president, David Mark, yesterday warned that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is heading for total destruction if the present in-fighting among members is not curtailed.

Mark also expressed concerns over the continued acrimony between factions in the party, regretting that “unless we halt the bleeding and find the necessary therapy, we may be heading for the final burial of the party.”

The Senate president made these remarks yesterday when the deputy president of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu who heads the PDP post – election assessment committee visited him in his office at the National Assembly.

Describing the PDP as “already hemorrhaging and in a comatose status,” Mark insisted that, “we should do all we can to resuscitate the party rather than this unnecessary rancor and bulk passing.”

Commenting further, the Senate president remarked: “The emerging factions are absolutely unnecessary. The combatants must sheathe their swords and embrace dialogue. My appeal is that we should not do anything further that would damage the already fragmented house.

“Everybody should come together and rebuild the party. We have got enough bruises. We need not inflict further pains on ourselves with continuous bickering.

“Enough of this blame game. We should return to the drawing board and need not wash our dirty linen in the public anymore.

“I believe a useful lesson has been learnt from the PDP electoral misfortune. As for me, it is time to put on our thinking caps and chart a new course.

“I trust Senator Ekweremadu that he and his team will do a good job and unearth the remote and immediate causes of our misfortune and make recommendations that will enhance the future of the party.”

He added: “I have worked closely with the deputy president of the Senate over the years and I know his capability and capacity to handle issues.”

Mark called on all stakeholders to rise above the present circumstances and work hard to rejuvenate the party.

He said the new status of the party as an opposition is a challenge which “we must face with all honesty, sincerity of purpose and dedication to duty.”

Mark said he believes that democracy and the nation would be better for it “if we play credible opposition to ensure good governance and delivery of dividends of democracy to Nigerians.”

The party said yesterday that it has overcome the simmering crisis which had threatened to tear it apart as a result of the outcome of the 2015 general elections, even as it commended President Goodluck Jonathan for the mature and timely intervention in ending the bickering among its leaders.