APC, Buhari not to blame for failed PDP convention- Doyin Okupe

Former Media aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan,
says that APC and President Buhari are not to be held
responsible for the failed National Convention slated for today
in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. He said this in a statement he
released this afternoon. Read below
The failed PDP convention cannot and should not be
blamed on our political adversaries. Rather the blame
should rest squarely on the failure of internal conflict
resolution machinery of the Pdp, the surprising naivety
and desperation of many to seize power and control
the party, and the gullibility of majority of the
followership, who have become entrenched in the
cesspool of pervasive impunity of our leadership over
the years. However it is commendable that the NEC
threw sentiments aside and extended the tenure of the
controversial caretaker commuter by one year and
allowed for future expansion of the membership of the
committee.
The import of this is that the party has now officially
jettisoned the "Microwave" strategy, hitherto, employed by the
leadership, and allowed for ample time to address all issues.
By allowing for new inclusions into the members of the
caretaker committee, the leadership obviously has made room
for possible reasonable negotiation with the Senator Amodu
Sheriff 's group, which is inevitable and a political imperative,
if the party must remain United.
Again, this is neither the time for victory songs nor a season
for political vendetta. This is time for seeking lasting and
honest peace, time to rebuild from current ashes of flames of
the inferno, of political opportunism, greed, selfishness and
blatant brigandry and impunity.
There may just be another chance to do it again especially
now that our adversaries are burning their political access
card.
Long live the PDP.
Long live the Federal republic of Nigeria.