The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned various support groups not to use officials of the party in their activities.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh in a statement, said the National Publicity Secretary
has noted the various political rallies in support of some individuals ahead of the
2015 general elections.
“Whilst we recognize the inalienable right of citizens under the 1999
Constitution (as amended) to freely associate and publicly express their
support for persons of their choice, we however wish to restate in the
strongest possible terms that no official of the PDP at any level should
for any reason whatsoever be involved in such events until after the
primaries.
“In this regard, all support groups struggling for legitimacy, supremacy
or recognition should henceforth desist from trying to actualize such by
using names of officials of the PDP.
“The PDP issues this as a last warning to all support groups and will not
hesitate to take strict measures against any further infraction on its
integrity and that of its officials.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the leadership of the PDP recognizes that
party officials as unbiased umpires have a sacred duty to observe the
dictates of internal democracy and as such remain neutral until the
emergence of candidates through our primaries in line with the
provisions of the PDP constitution”.