PDP: No Party Member Above the Law

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Against the back drop of comments that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, was untouchable within the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), the party has said no one was above the law or could not be disciplined.

This was as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, Amb. Illya Damagum, yesterday, met with all the governorship aspirants ahead of the governorship election coming up next year.

Speaking on Arise television mid night programme, the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said the party was capable of wielding the big stick on any member, whenever the occasion arose.

Anchor of the programme, Charles Aniagolu, had asked Ologunagba whether or not the FCT minister was above the law as a member of the PDP.

He further asked him the position of the party as  Wike was serving as a cabinet member in the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government.
In his response, he said, “In the PDP, nobody or any member was above the law.”

Ologunagba further said everything within the party followed due processes before a decision was taken.

He explained that the party is currently awaiting the outcome of various governorship and other election petitions currently before the Supreme Court, explaining that the party would certainly take actions of all issues before it and take appropriate decision based on consensus.

Meanwhile at a stakeholders meeting in Abuja with governorship aspirants in Edo State, Damagum said all aspirants had agreed to work together as a family.
He also said the party would go further to break the meeting into smaller committees so that at the end of the day, the party would come out with a better solution, to enable the PDP maintain its position as a family

On the relationship between the Edo State governor and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, the acting national chairman said, “We are talking about election here and you are talking about issue between the governor and his deputy. There was not issue.”

Also speaking, the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said, “There is absolutely no issue between me and my deputy and he is here. He wants to contest and we are not asking him to drop his ambition. He is a free born of Edo state and he can contest.”

Obaseki said he would support anyone that the people of Edo State and party support, adding: “I will support whoever the party support”

One of the governorship aspirants, Asue Igbodalo, said that he stood for the unity of the party and prayed that the people would continue to live in peace