Atiku is Indebted to PDP-Gulak
From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, AbujaThe
Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed
Gulak, has expressed surprise that former vice president, Atiku Abubakar
led the break-away faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to
form the ‘New PDP’.
He said for one who had benefitted from the party, the only way to pay back is to protect it.
This was even as he said the moles allegedly sent by the opposition to distabilise the party had been uncovered, adding that stakeholders in the PDP had resolved to dialogue and work together to reverse the trend.
He said contrary to the expectation of the opposition, the split in the party did not signify the end of PDP, insisting that it remained the party to beat.
Fielding questions from State House correspondents yesterday, Gulak said, Atiku more than anybody else, should know that there was no party like the PDP having left to the defucnt Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and returned to the party, and was given a waiver to contest the 2011 election primaries.
“I was surprised because Atiku is supposed to know more than any other person that there is no party like PDP. He left PDP and went to ACN and he came back to PDP, because he discovered that outside PDP, there is no party. So, he had to come back and he was even given the waiver to contest the primaries election in 2011.
“Atiku should be grateful to PDP. Atiku is indebted to PDP and the best way to continue to pay the debt is to protect PDP.”
Gulak expressed confidence that the present crisis rocking the party notwithstanding, it would emerge stronger and all grievances resolved.
Reacting to the allegation, the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar said all he could do to pay that debt “is to protect the PDP,” adding, “that is exactly what I am doing: “Protecting the PDP.”
This was even as he said the moles allegedly sent by the opposition to distabilise the party had been uncovered, adding that stakeholders in the PDP had resolved to dialogue and work together to reverse the trend.
He said contrary to the expectation of the opposition, the split in the party did not signify the end of PDP, insisting that it remained the party to beat.
Fielding questions from State House correspondents yesterday, Gulak said, Atiku more than anybody else, should know that there was no party like the PDP having left to the defucnt Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and returned to the party, and was given a waiver to contest the 2011 election primaries.
“I was surprised because Atiku is supposed to know more than any other person that there is no party like PDP. He left PDP and went to ACN and he came back to PDP, because he discovered that outside PDP, there is no party. So, he had to come back and he was even given the waiver to contest the primaries election in 2011.
“Atiku should be grateful to PDP. Atiku is indebted to PDP and the best way to continue to pay the debt is to protect PDP.”
Gulak expressed confidence that the present crisis rocking the party notwithstanding, it would emerge stronger and all grievances resolved.
Reacting to the allegation, the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar said all he could do to pay that debt “is to protect the PDP,” adding, “that is exactly what I am doing: “Protecting the PDP.”
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