Former Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu has described those who left the party as ‘nomadic politicians’ contributing to PDP crisis.
Babangida who stated this at a PDP Consultative Conference, held on Wednesday in Abuja advised the leadership of the party to stop encouraging members who have detected to return.
Aliyu recalled that during the party’s national convention in Port Harcourt, a significant number of candidates who emerged were nomadic politicians.
The former governor urged the party hierarchy to learn from history.
“Both the chairman and the chairman of governors’ forum have been very diplomatic and saying ‘come back, come back’.
“No, you don’t invite nomadic politicians back to your party. These were people with a history of nomadism,” he said.
Aliyu attributed the party’s major problems, dating back to 2013 to 2014, to lack of discipline and the prioritisation of selfish interests over the collective good.
“We cannot keep on, knowing that the black sheep in the family keeps on destroying whatever we are building. And then you say, ‘come back’. In fact, the most shocking time period was 2019,” he stated.
He governor stressed the need for rewarding party loyalists rather than those who frequently move from one party to another.
Aliyu reminded members that the PDP constitution clearly stipulated that defectors should “join the queue” upon return.
He urged the party to focus on fostering “real, principled politics,” even if it didn’t immediately translate into electoral victory.
The former governor also appealed to the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Abba Moro, to ensure Senate’s compliance with the court decision regarding the recall of the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the upper chamber.
