Internal Wrangling in Katsina PDP Threatens Atiku, Lado’s Chances Francis Sardauna writes that the internal crisis within the Katsina state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is threatening the chances of
writes that the internal crisis within the Katsina state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party is threatening the chances of its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the state’s governorship candidate, Senator Yakubu Lado, in the 2023 general elections.
THISDAY’s investigation at the venue of the rally, further revealed that 19 out of the 34 local government chairmen of the PDP believed to be Shema’s loyalists, also boycotted the mega rally. Similarly, 10 out of the 14 members of the State Working Committee of the party, leadership of the former councillors’ forum, led by Hon. Sanusi Buhari and as well as some elders of the party did not attend the rally.
The leadership squabbles surfaced in October this year when 24 local government officials of the party believed to be Lado’s loyalists, unanimously sacked Hon. Salisu Lawal Uli as the acting chairman of the party, and appointed Hon. Lawal Magaji Danbaci as the new chairman of the party in the state. Shema and his camp are also arguing that the former Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa, who recently defected to the PDP, shouldn’t have been appointed the Director-general of Atiku/Lado campaign council “because he is a new entrant into the party”.
This, in addition to other reasons, perhaps forced Shema and his loyalists to boycott Atiku’s campaign rally. This further indicated that the Katsina state chapter of the PDP is still in deep crisis. Nevertheless, Inuwa at a press conference ahead of Atiku’s campaign rally, claimed that he and Shema had buried their age-long feud and agreed to work together in order to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress come 2023.
Tsauri, during the media chat, said: “I would like you to believe and agree with me that PDP is one big united family in Katsina state and Nigeria at large with full cooperation ready to take Nigeria to the promised land”. Asked whether they are in support of Atiku, Uli said: “We are fully in support of our Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and we are going to vote for him in 2023 but here in the state, there are pending issues that need to be resolved.
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