Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa
State, Mr. Francis Orogu, has refuted insinuations that the party was
factionalized in the state.
Orogu told newsmen on Monday in Lafia that some suspended
party members briefed newsmen on Sunday, and claimed that the National
Chairman, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, had had dissolved the party’s executive
committee party in the state.
He said that the group also claimed that one Mohammed
Sarki-Tanko had been appointed as Interim Committee Chairman of the party in
the state.
But, he stated that since PDP crisis began, the state
chapter had not experienced any faction as all organs of the party, including
members of national and state assemblies “are on the same page’’.
“We are focused and have been working together as a team and
facing our political enemies squarely and no amount of manipulation can
distract us from our goal,” Orogu said.
He alleged that the group was hired by “political enemies’’
to distract PDP in the state but failed saying, “Sarki-Tanko, picked to do the
hatchet job was suspended from PDP on Dec. 25, 2016 over alleged anti-party
activities”.
He said that PDP in the state would work with any faction of
the party at the national level that impending Supreme Court’ decision
favoured.
Orogu, therefore, said that there was no need for factions
in the state chapter of the party.
He explained that the state executive of the party had
remained focused and committed to ensure that it wrestled power from the All
Progressive Congress (APC) in the state in 2019.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the group led by
Sarki Tanko had claimed that Orogu’s executive had been dissolved by Sheriff
for alleged anti-party activities. (NAN)
Daily Trust
