![]() ![]() The President would rather listen to Amaechi and the financier-governors rather than the first lady whom a succeeding president would rather consign to the room. If Nwodo had to go, they would lose the election. A special National Executive Committee of the party was convened ostensibly to announce the resignation/sack of Nwodo which Jonathan had requested to meet the demands of the forum of governors, Mrs. When the anti-Nwodo gang-up blossomed, Nwodo became the scapegoat, nobody was by his side except the wife of the President, Patience Jonathan who saw tomorrow but the president didn’t listen. President Jonathan who brought Nwodo for a defined mission could not even stand by him to push the much-needed reform. The PDP then was under the stranglehold of the governors who funded the party. The principal thing in the reform was to make the party self-financing through an e-membership drive that would have raised enough money and empowered the party leadership to instil discipline and whittle down the untoward influence of governors. The reform package that was aimed at weaken- ing the overbearing influence of the power blocs holding the party hostage, however, got vehement resistance from the forum of governors led by the then Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. He quickly rolled out his reform policy package that was designed to return the party to the people, the true owners. Wa- data turned out to be the PDP’s only asset after a 16-year rule with 28 states under its control at some point. Nwodo arrived at the Wadata Plaza headquarters whose eventual purchase he had facilitated as the National Secretary. His search for who will help him activate the party led to his tapping on the former Governor of Enugu State and pioneer National Secretary of the PDP, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, for the national chair. Then President Goodluck Jonathan was worried because he needed a strong platform to win his election in 2011 after completing the tenure started by Umaru Yar’Adua. In 2010, political analysts believed that the then-ruling PDP was drifting dangerously and needed to be halted before it hit a dyke. The janitor whose lackadaisical attitude led to the thieves breaking in, remains answerable for the actions of the brigands.īefore continuing this narrative, we should keep readers abreast of where we are coming from, to give us insight into where the umbrella stopped providing shelter and turned into a canopy for looters. PDP operatives are also among those berating and describing the APC and President Muhammedu Buhari’s era as the worst in history, forgetting that the transgression is more on the man who paved the way for the bogeyman that found their way to the house to bully and frighten the children. Perhaps, the PDP’s greatest misdemean- our and impiousness have brought on us a woeful attitude leading to the regrettable entry of the monster a.k.a. Inevitably, the failure of the PDP has become the failure of democracy in Nigeria because the party had the wherewithal to grow and deepen democracy but blew the chances. They habit sycophants and manure corruption. Nigeria and PDP are both allergic to merits and sincerity. The duo inadvertently creates an under-dog and watches it die of hunger and frustration. PDP shares a lot more in common with the Nigerian state: no good sense of history and uncomfortable loads of ingratitude in their kitty. That’s what happens to those with a perpetually short memory. Incidentally, the proverbial rain has beaten–is beating them both–but they appear ignorant of where and when the rainfall started. The party shares striking similarities with Nigeria. Faced with such a sticky situation, it has to make a critical decision…to either open a new page or close the book. In every sense of the word, the party is at a crossroads. Now, it is in dire need of a turnaround and a divine second chance to wriggle free from today’s quagmire. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has boxed itself into a corner. There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book. ![]()
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