Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ijumu local government area of Kogi state, on Saturday asked its warring stakeholders to discontinue all litigations relating to political offices and criminal proceedings.
The leaders made this known while briefing stakeholders of the party in Aiyetoro Gbede.
The meeting, jointly addressed by the trio of Prince Olusola Akanmode, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Abubakar Atiku; Chief Abiodun Ojo, a former Commissioner and federal lawmaker and Senator Dino Melaye was preceded by a close-door meeting of party leaders, which lasted an hour.
Briefing stakeholders after the close- door meeting, Prince Akamode thanked members for their patience and commitment to the party.
He then conveyed the appeal of leaders that all litigations relating to political offices and criminal processes be discontinued in court, stressing that all contentious issues should be resolved through the party mechanism.
He charged on the need for party members to brace themselves up for a win in coming elections as electoral victory is the only parameters for measuring the greatness of a political party.
He congratulated all winners of the recent Wards and Local Government congresses, imploring them to work together in unity, in the interest of the party.
The Aiyetoro Prince further stressed that riotous politics and acrimony is alien to Ijumu politics, and as such ways must found out of differences.
Chief Abiodun Ojo, in the same vein, buttressed the statements of Akamode on the need to work monolithically in the interest of the party.
He said there is good understanding among the leadership of the party in Ijumu and he urged all to go back home to their wards and do all that are necessary to give the party a win in 2023 as they, in the leadership, plan to set up a committee to settle all rancour.
He appealed to all aggrieved parties to sheath their sword.
Senator Dino Melaye, in his own address, put to rest, insinuations that some leaders are behind the pockets of acrimony in and across the local government.
According to him, people like Akanmode, Abiodun Ojo and himself, have no reason for undue interest in who becomes what, at either ward or local government level. Like the earlier two speakers, he pleaded that all acrimony be buried.
The meeting, moderated by Pastor Stanley Ajileye, reviewed various issues that bothers on 2023 elections and the success of the party.
