APC, Buhari not to blame for failed PDP convention- Doyin Okupe

Former Media aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, says that APC and President Buhari are not to be held responsible for the failed National Convention slated for today in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. He said this in a statement he released this afternoon. Read below

The failed PDP convention cannot and should not be blamed on our political adversaries. Rather the blame should rest squarely on the failure of internal conflict resolution machinery of the Pdp, the surprising naivety and desperation of many to seize power and control the party, and the gullibility of majority of the followership, who have become entrenched in the cesspool of pervasive impunity of our leadership over the years. However it is commendable that the NEC threw sentiments aside and extended the tenure of the controversial caretaker commuter by one year and allowed for future expansion of the membership of the committee.

The import of this is that the party has now officially jettisoned the "Microwave" strategy, hitherto, employed by the leadership, and allowed for ample time to address all issues. By allowing for new inclusions into the members of the caretaker committee, the leadership obviously has made room for possible reasonable negotiation with the Senator Amodu Sheriff 's group, which is inevitable and a political imperative, if the party must remain United.

Again, this is neither the time for victory songs nor a season for political vendetta. This is time for seeking lasting and honest peace, time to rebuild from current ashes of flames of the inferno, of political opportunism, greed, selfishness and blatant brigandry and impunity.

There may just be another chance to do it again especially now that our adversaries are burning their political access card.

Long live the PDP.

Long live the Federal republic of Nigeria.