A frontline presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party and consensus candidate of the Northern Elders, Bala Mohammed, has called on the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party to caution those whose campaigns run contrary to agreed norms.
The Bauchi State Governor made the demand on the PDP following statements credited to Senator Ehigie Uzamere.
According to reports in the media, Uzamere, who works for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, made unsavoury remarks about Mohammed, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
The Bala Mohammed Campaign Organisation described the statements as uncouth, reprehensible, gutter sniping and irresponsible.
A press briefing, the spokesperson of the Bala Mohammed Presidential Campaign, Prof. Udenta O. Udenta, in Abuja on Thursday, berated Senator Uzamere as a meddlesome interloper who peddles political dirt as a way of life.
Udenta, while re-stating Mohammed’s sterling credentials and unblemished public service record as a Director, Senator, Minister and Governor, called on the PDP NWC to quickly rein in such rogue political characters before they inflict damage on the culture of civility and cordiality that ought to define the primary campaign process.
He said: “PDP does not need this type of acrimony now.
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“Unbecoming characters like Senator Uzamere whose stock in trade is to damage people’s reputation as a means of getting on in life, and indeed the campaign organization they are affiliated to or associated with must be cautioned by the NWC to avoid the situation from getting out of hand.
“The PDP must rein in those using uncouth language against other aspirants.”
The campaign spokesperson called the Senator from Edo State a paid agent working towards the destabilisation of the current climate of civility and cordiality that currently pervades the party.
Udenta added: “We are not sure who Uzamere is working for but enough is enough.
“This will be our last studied and restrained response to his unprovoked attack against Senator Bala Mohammed.
“Next time around we will remove our gloves and go bare-knuckles with such unsavoury individuals and the dark political forces and entities egging them on.
“Make no mistake about it, Senator Bala Mohammed’s Campaign Organization has the requisite communication skills, robust energy, intestinal fortitude and intellectual depth to take on such sleazy individuals without minding the consequences to party coherence unless the NEC does the needful.
“Bala Mohammed holds Alhaji Abubakar Atiku in high regard and is sure Abubakar Atiku also holds Bala Mohammed in high regard and believes strongly that the effort of political clowns and creatures of the night like Uzamere will not damage the respect the two leaders have for one another.”