The political whirlwind sweeping through the embattled Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] appears to pack a punch beyond what many political spectators anticipated. With the recent double resignation of the national chairman of the party, Adamu Muazu and the chairman of the board of trustess, Tony Anineh, many within the PDP membership expected that the other members of the executive council will follow suit with their respective resignations, automatically.
Loading ...But information made available to 247ureports.com indicates that some of the members of the executive council may not be throwing in the towel easily. Particularly, the image maker of the party, Olisa Metu – who had been vocal and critical of the presidency – in his claims that President Jonathan sidelined the party during the presidential election – and that the President was responsible for his [Jonathan] failure – not the PDP national working committee. And that, only President Jonathan should be blamed for his [Jonathan] failure.
Olisa Metu made it clear through his media aide, Richard, that he will not resign in the manner the national chairman did. The defiance posture by the image maker comes amid moves by the presidency to open doors to reconciliation within the wider spectrum of the party.
A source within the party – in response to Olisa Metu’s comments – called it the comments of a drowning man. “He is history and he knows it”
