It has being about a week now when the fake news broke out on the expulsion, not even suspension, of one of the strong contenders for the Kogi governorship seat under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), His Excellency Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim, orchestrated by few unknown players and party members over bogus allegations that borders on his fundamental human rights. His legitimate right to take back a stolen mandate.
These group who believe strongly that the medium of communication rather than deployed positively to the advantage of the generality of the people, preferably hijacked the process to soothe their whims and caprices.
Initially, it was dramatically reported on the social media, not even the conventional media by those that are beating the drums and dancing to the tunes at the same time, laying strong anti-party claims against their presumed victim. A recalcitrant disciplinary committee set up to look into some allegations against Abubakar Ibrahim made a ridiculous claim that he a non-financial member of PDP, a party he joined since 1999. What an irony.
Having taken the drivers, passengers and the conductor’s seat in Kogi PDP, this group of God sent liberators of the party have refused to do the needful, as up till this moment, no letter concerning the purported ‘expulsion’ of former PDP governorship aspirant had been delivered, either to his ward, local government, state or Abuja office. May be the courier office are still searching for the right address!
The originators of the purported expulsion of the PDP governorship aspirant in Kogi, who were not even members of the party in Omala local government but entirely from another local government in the state, disappeared into their cocoons and resorted to all forms of defence to drive home their points after forcing the Icheke ward chairman to concede to their hatchet plan under duress.
Not even the local government chairman of PDP in Omala, where Abubakar Ibrahim hail from, is aware of this crude decision of self installed party leaders in Kogi. Their action negates the process of administrative provisions that guide the once formidable ruling party and symbol of opposition in Nigeria into the abyss in the hands of the new lords of PDP in Kogi.
Could they have gone desperately to forge the purported letter of expulsion of Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim? This may not be far from it as both their darling social media and conventional media could not display the messenger and contents of the doom that wants to befall Kogi PDP.
It became worse when no single member of state working committee of the party in Kogi state was aware of the media hyped expulsion of the former governorship aspirant, an indication that the poisonous meal was cooked, served and fed within the new party echelon, whose feeling for due process is needless.
Aside party issues and party leaders claim of not being privy to the expulsion drama, PDP members across the 21 local government areas of the state also feign ignorance to the unilateral decision of some party members in Kogi.
The odds against them did not end there. The timely decision of this self centered party officials succeeded in attracting more followership, supporters and canvassers who saw the decision of the party, if at all there was one made, as unthinkable, done purposely to distract Abubakar Ibrahim’s quest to forge ahead with his litigation at the Supreme Court.
Both State and National leadership of PDP deliberately shied away from the unavoidable embarrassment the actions of the few ‘Idi Amin’ party leaders in Kogi would have caused the vibrant and formidable opposition party.
Even though teaching the self installed party leaders the sane process of administrative procedure is belated, but it is also better late than never. A departure point of a process is at the point of issuance/deliverance, if at all, rather than deploying at the point of conceiving. This again is an indication that they have goofed in all ramifications.
But the unanswered questions on the lips of misinformed Kogites and Nigerians is ‘Where is the letter of expulsion’ ? Even if it was forged.
The time to purge PDP for genuine reconciliation is here without reservations.
– Abubakar Yusuf writes from Abuja
