The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday lauded its national leader, President Goodluck Jonathan for his matured and timely intervention in ending the bickering among leaders of the party as a result of the outcome of the 2015 general elections.
The PDP made the commendation in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh in Abuja.
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Party, Metuh assured, will absolutely abide by the counsel of the President, adding that all the executives of the party, at all levels, have been instructed to comply accordingly.
According to the statement, “The leadership of the PDP regrets any embarrassment the avoidable skirmishes may have caused the members of our great party, especially our founding fathers and teeming supporters across the country.
“We are aware that this unfortunate development is a consequence of post election trauma arising from our first ever defeat. We however note with relief that we have now overcome this challenge.
“The National Working Committee assures that in the new spirit of harmony in the PDP family, the re-engineering process which began on Tuesday with the inauguration of the Post Election Review Committee will be vigorously sustained to restore the lost glory of our great party.
“We therefore urge all our members to ensure that they henceforth guard their utterances and actions no matter the provocation and distortions in some section of the media while channeling their energies and ideas towards the rebuilding process.
“In this regard, all members who have reports, grievances and suggestions on the way forward should transmit same to the Post-Election Review Committee for an all inclusive roadmap in the overall effort to regain power in 2019.
“Our members should be wary of the activities of some mischievous persons within and outside the PDP family who are bent on frustrating this peace effort.
“Such individuals and groups have found the social media a veritable tool for their mischief through distortion of facts, false allegations and fabrications against our party”, the National Publicity secretary of the PDP said in the statement.
The PDP leadership therefore urged all members to join forces to ensure that the core values and the vision of the founding fathers are sustained while also directing all organs of the party to focus only on party administration in a manner that rekindles zeal and commitment among members and supporters at all levels.