Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has stated that the decision to reinstate Senate Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was inevitable to make the party move forward.
Saraki said this in a statement he personally issued Monday night, titled ‘No Victor, No Vanquished, PDP, Nigerian Democracy Won’.
He acknowledged that the 100th National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting could have either been the breaking point going by events of the last 48 hours or the junction to cross the Rubicon and march forward into greater heights.
Saraki, however, said leaders of the party chose the latter.
He went further to say that “Today, there was no Victor and no vanquished. The winner today is the PDP.
“Another winner is Nigeria’s democracy because, without a vibrant opposition, democracy dies. Again, millions of our party members and supporters, who are located in all the 774 LGAs across the country, also emerged winners.”
He explained that the decision was possible as all the leaders agreed to jettison their differences “and rally together to pursue a common goal: forget the past, rebuild trust that might have been broken, and give peace a chance.”
The PDP chieftain said the development was a strong signal to the entire nation that the party can only wax stronger.
He said focus had now shifted to the next NEC meeting fixed for July 23rd, adding that “after that, we will focus on having a hitch-free National Convention.”
“It is good that we have disappointed the pessimists.
“I hope that with the outcome of today’s meeting, we have disproved the false propaganda being circulated in some quarters that those of us who chose to remain in PDP are only scheming for the death of the party as opposed to building a strong opposition.
“If this false narrative were true, the leaders who shifted positions to give peace a chance would have chosen an alternative course of action,” he further stated.
Saraki said by the decision, the PDP had demonstrated capacity to win the next election in 2027.