A pro-PDP group, under the aegis of Bala Agents’ Mandate, has urged former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to return to their political roots in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The group said Amaechi and Obi should join forces with Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to rebuild a strong and united opposition party.
The State Coordinator of the group, Amadi Chijioke, at a press briefing in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Monday, advised both men to shelve plans of forming a new opposition coalition, stressing that such a move would only weaken the fight to rescue Nigeria from alleged misrule and democratic backsliding.
“I strongly believe in the leadership of Bala Mohammed to lead the PDP to glory. I don’t think there is any need to bring Atiku Abubakar and others together to form a new coalition. I believe they should come back home — PDP is home.
“The likes of Peter Obi, the likes of Chibuike Amaechi — I am expecting these men to return and join Bala Mohammed in rebuilding the PDP, because right now, he is appearing alone in the system,” he said.
Supporting the call, the National Coordinator of the group, Habib Musa, lauded the PDP Governors’ Forum led by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed as the most formidable and credible structure currently holding the party together.
According to him, the Forum has remained a symbol of unity and accountability amidst rising political uncertainties, faulting the recent defections of the governors of Delta and Akwa Ibom States to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“The defection of two governors from our party has been touted as a significant blow. But let us be clear: these defections were not driven by ideology or principle, but by fear and opportunism.
“We assure the good people of those states that the PDP remains a formidable force, and we will soon reclaim the governments of those states through the ballot box,” he said.
Musa, in a direct appeal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, urged him to close ranks with Mohammed and work for the unity of the PDP, despite his current role in the APC-led federal government.
