‘PDP State Chairmen Are With Us’, Turaki Taunts Wike’s Camp

The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has declared that the party’s chairmen in the states of the Federation were with his leadership and not the faction led by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike.

Turaki said this while addressing the PDP State Chairmen at a meeting in Abuja.

He added that the side where PDP state chairmen belong to is where the leadership of the party is.

He said, “For me, today is a day of fulfillment. Outside there, some people who claim to be members of our party, but who indeed the whole world knows are not members of our party, they claim that they have what they call a faction.

“So when you look at 29 state chairmen sitting with us, with apologies coming from two, then when you also take into account the fact that there were some certain chapters that were dissolved, and so do not have leadership constituted presently, which we are planning to do in due course, then tell me, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, who is not here.

“If all the state chairmen are here with us, then who is it that is not with us? If all the state chairmen are supporting us, then who, sincerely speaking, can be fighting us? So this is something for the whole world to see.”

He said the PDP state chairmen were known faces and veterans in their own rights.

“So as far as PDP is concerned, I think it speaks for itself. People now know where the leadership of PDP is, and people know who the true leaders of the party are, and of course we are the leaders, the genuine bona fide leaders of the people,” Turaki stated.