The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, says the
Supreme Court judgment on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leadership
crisis, ushers in a new dawn of peace, reconciliation, and recovery for
the party.
Reacting to the apex court’s verdict on Wednesday, Ekweremadu said it
was a no victor and no vanquished situation for individual party
members, but rather a collective victory for the entire party faithful
and the nation’s democracy.
He said: “I am happy that the Supreme Court has brought this
protracted leadership tussle to an end today. There is no victor and
there is no vanquished, but a collective victory for our party and the
nation’s democracy. No democracy can prosper in the absence of a virile
opposition or under the extreme hardship Nigerians have faced over the
past two years. Citizens deserve a viable alternative.
“The ruling party has indeed profited from the prolonged power
contest, not just in terms of defections, but also in the unchallenged
degeneration of democratic values, rule of law, electoral practice, and
the economy because the PDP has been too distracted to keep them on
their toes.
“But, it is heartwarming that calm is returning after the storm. I
salute millions of our party faithful and Nigerians who stood firm to
weather the storm for their courage and loyalty, and sincerely appeal to
those who left for one reason or the other to return to our big
political family.
“Importantly, I call on our party leadership and elders to
immediately initiate an all-inclusive peace, reconciliation, and
rebuilding process to reunite everybody under the big umbrella and
reinvigorate the biggest party in Africa to bounce back to the rescue of
the suffering masses of Nigeria come 2019”.
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