Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party under the aegis of PDP Frontliners, have condemned former Kogi State Governorship candidate, Dino Melaye, for allegedly bringing the party into disrepute with verbal attacks on its leadership.
In a statement signed by Alhaji Hussein Mohammed (President), Mr. Moses Abidemi (Secretary), and Mr. Dan Okafor (Publicity Secretary), the group described Melaye’s assertions that the party under Amb. Umar Damagum’s leadership has become “commercialised and privatised” as discourteous.
The statement read in part: “These are strange times for the Peoples Democratic Party… Many who benefited generously from PDP are now among the party’s biggest headaches… Dino Melaye got PDP ticket to the House of Representatives, and even after returning from the APC, the PDP gave him a senatorial ticket after prevailing on other qualified aspirants to step down, but you can all see the baseless and groundless insult he is using to pay back.”
The group also said: “For last year’s Kogi state governorship elections, Dino Melaye got huge contributions, including vehicles from PDP stakeholders, but never dispensed campaign funds to party structures or even, PDP polling agents across Kogi state… Audaciously, this Melaye took to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, and wrote, ‘End of the road for PDP as Damagun, Bature, and Anyanwu irredeemably destroyed the party. We will talk about the commercialisation and privatisation of PDP. PDP is now once upon a time.'”
The group expressed optimism that, with appropriate steps being taken, the PDP will rise above its crisis and re-emerge as the party of choice not only in Kogi State but also across Nigeria.
