PDP Peace Deal Is Now Dead & Buried; Says Governor Nyako

Things have fallen apart finally in the troubled Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, according to Governor Murtala Nyako, who said the suspension of key members of the Abubakar Baraje-led faction, otherwise known as the new PDP has not only killed the peace process but has succeeded in burying it.

“We always knew there was no peace process. The peace process is dead and buried. The court had given them a soft landing but instead of obeying the court order, look at the step they have taken. 

“It’s an ill wind that will blow nobody any good. We know that they are not committed to peace; Bamanga Tukur will lead this party to destruction.

“The President should think of the legacy he will leave behind and not allow himself to be led astray by people like Tukur.”

Nyako, who said this on Tuesday, was reacting to Monday’s suspension of the factional chairman of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje, the party’s National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and Senator Ibrahim Kazaure by the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led faction of PDP.

He explained that the PDP under Tukur’s leadership shot itself in the leg by ignoring a legitimate court order to reinstate Oyinlola and taking actions which had “killed and buried” the peace process.

Nyako, spoke through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajo.

Governor Nyako further said, “Let me quote one statement in one of our Great Books, the Holy Bible; ‘Can two walk together except they be agreed’ to do so?

"We in Adamawa State have resolved not to ‘walk together’ with massive wrongdoers and cannot tolerate impunity and lawlessness by the national leadership of any political party located in Abuja, because that would be tantamount to inviting chaos and anarchy to our beloved state."