The senator representing Ogun East
Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, on Wednesday urged the Chairman,
National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ahmed
Makarfi, to stop threatening him with expulsion from the party...
This, Kashamu said in a statement, was because he had done nothing to warrant being expelled from the PDP.
He said, “The threat to expel me and
others perceived not to fall in line with exco creation for your
presidential agenda has become topical in the party. If you unjustly
expel us from the party, you cannot expel us from the hearts of our
people. Certainly, you cannot also expel us from the courts as bonafide
Nigerians and law abiding citizens.
“More importantly, any attempt to expel
us from our party for resisting this unfair and callous exploitation of
our rights shall fail because all foundation of its illegality and
vindictiveness is clear via your actions. Democracy is not about
dogmatism. It is about expression of rights and freedom to align to
logical beliefs. All these enforcement of your wish as the choice excos
of our people cannot and would not stand. I wonder why you cannot use
this caretaker committee opportunity righteously with the fear of God. I
refuse to be intimidated by anybody, as I fear only the almighty Allah;
my creator.”
Kashamu advised the former governor of
Kaduna State to use “the temporary nature of your present position” to
unite members of the party by being forthright to solve the problems
rather than compounding issues.”
He said, “If you refuse, along with
your caretaker committee members, to do justice by inviting the two
sides of a conflict to objectively analyse contending matters ostensibly
to find mutually acceptable solution, how can that become my fault?
“It is empirical truth that these court
judgments existed before your appointment as the Chairman of the
Caretaker Committee of our great party. Also, it is on record that the
affected party has written multiple letters to you explaining the facts
of the case in anticipation of your being equitable and just.
“These people have also been writing to
the police for necessary protection to prevent any negative decision you
might take that could result into anarchy and breakdown of law and
order.
“Unfortunately, you chose to be
partisan and unfair to them by dissolving the validly constituted state
executive committees against subsisting judgments and constituted a
one-sided caretaker committee populated by 100 per cent of their
adversaries.
“Those you have sidelined, though
political allies of mine, are eminent political leaders and important
personalities in their own rights. They cannot easily be suppressed and
coerced into concurrence of obvious rights abuse without reactions.
“It is worse when it is an open secret
as we all know that all these manipulations in the mould of
reconciliation are meant to create loyal South-West executive committees
for your presidential ambition.”
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