Obasanjo: Our party only stumbled but didn't fall

Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo said on Saturday that
the South West zone of the
Peoples Democratic Party merely
stumbled during the April
elections but didn’t fall.
Obasanjo said this during the
party’s South West Zonal meeting
in Abeokuta, the Ogun State
capital.
He said, “We stumbled, but did
not fall down. This is a bitter
lesson for us to go back to the
drawing board and make fast
adjustment.’’
The ex-president also stated that
indiscipline and non-adherence
to the party’s constitution were
responsible for its poor
performance during the elections
in the political zone.
He, however, urged members of
the party not to lament over the
defeat, but to concentrate on
how to move the party forward
through unity.
‘’When a child falls, he looks
forward, but if an elder falls, he
looks back to see what led to his
fall. I want the PDP members to
do likewise’” he said.
He also asked members to
readmit those who defected
from the party for genuine
reasons and avoid those who
deliberately worked to destroy it.
Obasanjo said, “There is nothing
new under the sun. In the past,
we stumbled and regained our
stand. We are going to regain the
lost glory especially in the South-
West.”
He further said the party’s
National Secretary position
would be zoned to the South-
West because it belongs to the
zone.Obasanjo said, “The
speakership of the House of
Representatives which the
constitution of the party zoned
to the South-West is our
legitimate right which must be
given back to us.
‘’The South-West needs the
Speaker of the House of
Representatives, let the PDP at
the national level do the
necessary adjustment.”
The former president who
advised members and party
supporters not to allow rumour
mongers destroy the party,
added, ‘’The day an election
result is announced,
preparations for another one
begins.’’
Obasanjo also called on members
to pay their dues to allow the
party fund its numerous
obligations.
The party’s National Vice-
Chairman, South-West, Mr.
Tajudeen Oladipupo, said
indiscipline, lack of internal
democracy and disunity
contributed to the party’s
electoral woes in the zone.
Oladipupo decried the crisis in
Ogun State before the election
which he said was worsened by
former governor Gbenga Daniel’s
formation of a new party to
challenge the PDP on whose
platform he came into power.
He stated, “It was that bad in
Ogun state. When it was
impossible for him (Daniel) to
impose his will on the party, he
resorted to high level anti-party
activities.”
He further said a former
governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo
Fayose, joined forces with the
opposition to ensure the loss of
PDP in the state.
Oladipo said, ‘’Today, some
people are calling for his return
to the party. While I am not
against his return, the truth has
to be said that this young man
was one of the strong party
members who contributed to the
party’s destruction in Ekiti.”
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