The acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, has said the party was responsible for the political status the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, enjoys now.
Damagum, who said this in response to Kwankwaso’s statement that the PDP was dead, added that Kwankwaso should be grateful to the party despite its internal challenges.
Kwankwaso made his declaration in an interview with the Hausa Service of the BBC on Monday while the PDP acting national chairman issued his response in a separate interview aired on the same radio station on Tuesday.
According to him: “It (PDP) nurtured him (Kwankwaso) and contributed significantly to his political success. We still hold hope that he might return to the party and contribute to its rejuvenation, so we can collectively address the injustices of the current government.
“Every member has the right to express his opinion. But let me remind him (Kwankwaso) that when he left the party in 2015, despite the challenges we faced then, the PDP was not ‘dead.’ If the party could survive his exit then, why would anyone think it is irrelevant now?”
Damagum also queried the impact of Kwankwaso’s move to other political platforms.
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