PDP heading for final destruction, unless… – Mark

Unless the infighting in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is put to an end, the party may be heading for final destruction, Senate President David Mark has cautioned.

Mark, who expressed concern at the continued acrimony between factions in the party, stressed that “the PDP is already hemorrhaging”, pointing out 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 stated this when the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu who heads the PDP post-election assessment committee visited him in Abuja.

According to him: “The party is already in a comatose and we should do all we can to resuscitate the party rather than this unnecessary rancour and buck passing.

“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 gotten 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”.

He expressed confidence that Ekweremadu and his team would do a good job and unearth the remote and immediate causes of the party’s misfortune.

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