The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new twist with some youths of the party demanding suspension of its Youth Leader Prince Haliru D Mahmud.
The youth accused Mahmud of outrageous alleged claims and incessant verbal attacks on former Senate President Bukola Saraki and other party leaders.
The party was reported to have suspended its leader in the State and former Senate President Bukola Saraki for being responsible for the party’s awful outing in the 2023 governorship and House of Assembly election.
But PDP’s Spokesperson Prince Tunji Moronfoye dismissed the report.
The youth leader blamed Prince Moronfoye for been economical with the truth.
Mahmud said,
“My attention has been drawn to a press release by Prince Moronfoye, debunking the rift between Bukola Saraki and state Working Committee of PDP.
“I’m not only disheartened by the response of the publicity secretary but also disappointed by his pretence not to be one of the aggrieved persons.
“The reward for hypocrisy and betrayal is temporary. There’s no gainsaying there is a rift between the leader and the SWC.
“We are all aware of how the SWC members were ridiculed and excluded in the affairs of the party before, during, and after the elections and our functions usurped by Saraki’s favourites.
“Kwarans are all aware that candidates to various elective offices in the 2023 elections were single-handedly picked by Saraki without consultation and input from the party.
“The world is also not unaware of how the party has been underfunded since 2018 and how the 2023 Presidential Campaign funds were concealed from the state working committee and scientifically syphoned.
“These unpatriotic and non transparent attitudes resulted in our total failure, and that’s we struggled to win only one House of Assembly seat out of 24, lost 6 House of Representatives and senatorial seats in Kwara state respectively.”
Carpeting Mahmud, youth leaders from Kwara Central, South and North districts Mallam AbdulHamid Issa, Mallam Sulyman Kehinde and Mallam Jibril Audu, in a statement, said that Mahmud also known as Dan Iya’s antic against his “all-time benefactor” is a new turn of events, alleging that “state actors and his newly-found paymaster” behind his over-bloated claims and verbal attacks against the former President of the Senate Bukola Saraki.
The statement reads,
“We, the Kwara PDP Youth Leaders across the sixteen LGAs and three senatorial districts have monitored with utmost dismay the countless outrageous claims and unruly attacks by a roundly-failed marauder like one Haliru Dantsoho against the leader of our great party in Kwara Senator Bukola Saraki and by extension the major financier of the party in the state.
“We daresay it is not surprising that a renowned character like ‘Dan Iya’ who is always found wanting in several frauds and scandals of all sorts could once again attempt to cause disharmony within the party ranks and soil the untainted pedigree of our distinguished leader.
“Likewise, in 2018, We are not unaware of his antics against the instructions of the state chapter at the venue of our great party’s Port Harcourt presidential primaries when he sold off his vote and also tried to influence other persons to jeopardize the hope of a distinguished Kwaran to clinch the presidential ticket at the National Convention.
“How laughable could such an act by this unfaithful character claim to seek accountability and transparency from the party he once sold out? Again, we are in awe of his recent ‘strict instructions’ said to have been given to his family members by voting against the emergence of all PDP candidates at the 2023 general elections in Kwara state. What can be more unpatriotic than this?
“We are saying unequivocally that his act is an affront and debasement to the sacred office he is presently occupying.”
