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Despite the judicial defeat suffered by the new Peoples Democratic Party (new PDP) last Friday, the group seems to have bounced back with the leadership of the group boasting that five more governors have indicated interest to join the seven already with the group.
According to SUN NEWS, Kawu Baraje, new PDP Chairman who just returned from hajj disclosed that it would abide by the court’s judgment but would hold a meeting this week to decide another line of action.
A statement by Baraje said, "As a group that has a lot of respect for the judiciary, we have accepted the ruling in good faith and wish to abide by it. Even so, we have directed our legal team to appeal the judgment, as a matter of urgency, as we remain convinced that we have a good case and are thus determined to ensure that Tukur and his cohorts are not allowed to hold sway as the leaders of our great party".
“Apart from deciding on the Federal High Court ruling and the challenges facing us a group, the G7/stakeholders/NWC meeting slated for this week is expected to deliberate on how five more governors of PDP that have indicated interest to join the Baraje leadership will be received in the fold".
“Let us reiterate that contrary to insinuations in some quarters, reflected in a section of the media, of division and disunity among our governors and National Assembly members because of our current travails, the fact remains that instead of division, our current travails have strengthen us the more and act as a unifying factor that have shown us that it is a matter of time that the undemocratic elements that have seized our party will be dislodged.
“Meanwhile, we feel nothing but pity for Alhaji Tukur and his NWC, who are already gloating over their ‘victory’ over us and even had the temerity to describe us and our governors as criminals. By being so uncouth in addressing governors duly elected by Nigerians, Tukur and his disciples have once more vindicated our struggle to flush out these unholy undemocratic elements from our party.
“We are confident that this is one mission, which we shall successfully accomplish, by the grace of God, not minding the use of state security agencies to harass and intimidate our people", he added.