A former Special Assistant to ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Umar Ardo, has revealed how the return of the ex-Vice President would affect the party.
Ardo said the return of Abubakar to the PDP will lead to conflict within the party and turn party members against themselves.
He said this while addressing reporters after submitting a petition to the Adamawa State PDP Congress Appeal Panel at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.
He said, “There are three disadvantages. We learnt that Atiku is coming back to the party with an ambition; an ambition to contest for the Presidency.
“Now that will be a source of conflict because there are others in the party who are also interested and they are nursing this ambition. There will be conflict among party members.
“Secondly, the deep pocket that Atiku has will not only serve that ambition, it will also deepen the conflict. The third disadvantage is that those foot soldiers will also serve the ambition and in the process deepen the conflict.”
Ardo also called for the cancellation of the results of last Saturday ward congresses in Adamawa State.
This was as he accused Abubakar of hijacking the party in the state.
He said: “No election took place in Toungo, Ganye Mayo Belwa, Demsa, Numan, Shelleng, Yola North, Yola South, Mubi South, Michika and Madagali local government areas.
“The Caretaker Committee members representing these LGAs simply sat in their rooms and drew up their list and submitted their names as elected executive members and they were admitted.
“It’s an open secret that the members of the committee connived and simply sat down and distributed the party offices among themselves.”
The PDP chieftain claimed that former Vice president “was involved directly.”
“He called me to say that I should make sure certain persons get these positions. I disagreed. He has hijacked the PDP in the state,” he said.
