Journalist and Chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has rebuked some members of the party and labelled their actions as the “height of indiscipline.” The publisher of Ovation Magazine described some in the party who he said are threatening “to bring the roof down and create the impression that you’re the sole owner of one of Africa’s biggest political parties” describing the action as “chicanery!!”
Momodu shared his opinion in another open letter shared on X on Thursday night. He expressed his amazement at what he describes as an open disrespect to the party from some of its members, a thinly veiled swipe at FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.
His letter in Full:
AN OPEN LETTER TO PDP… BY DELE MOMODU
Yesterday, I watched with every sense of wonderment and amazement as a prominent member (?) of PDP belched fire and brimstone, live on Television. daring anyone to expel him from the political party that made him everything he is today, virtually from ground zero. What was worse, he lambasted some unnamed members of PDP and even called them VAMPIRES!! Lord have mercy.
About the same time, some of our members were elsewhere swearing-in members of the Disciplinary and Reconciliation Committees. While I could understand the need for a Disciplinary Committee, I saw no need for the so-called Reconciliation Committee. Politics, like religion or marriage, is a voluntary act. It is your right to quit any political party if and when you’re tired and frustrated. And you may choose to rejoin at anytime. You won’t be the first or the last. But it is the height of indiscipline to bring the roof down and create the impression that you’re the sole owner of one of Africa’s biggest political parties. What chicanery!!
We almost lost one of our Governors last week because of the voluptuous ego of one man who loves to play God. Helping a man to power is no reason to treat anyone like a slave, or hold him permanently to ransom. Some people helped you too and today you’re no longer friends with them. If every leader before you behaved in this unruly manner, there would have been no State for you to inherit and misappropriate.
PDP needs to wake up from its deep slumber. PDP is extremely lucky that APC has not been an attractive option since it grabbed power. Otherwise, many politicians would have been lost to them. Time is running out. Our party and friends in other opposition parties should seize this moment to collaborate and rescue Nigeria from APC. Let us pray for our country as it speeds down the slope… Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria…
