what happened at the Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as a disaster and catastrophe waiting to tear the party apart.He also urged those clamouring for true democracy within the PDP to join forces with other opposition parties to give Nigerians a viable option as the country approaches the 2015 elections.
Mohammed who spoke in a telephone interview said all Nigerians should accept and welcome what was happening within the PDP because events have shown that the party was sitting on a gunpowder waiting to explode.
His words, “The PDP has shown Nigerians that there was never democracy within the party and I have always maintained that if the PDP is not destroyed by the same forces within the party, then the party must destroy itself by exploding.
The PDP we know will never be the same again because when this kind of pain and catastrophe befalls a party, history has shown that the party won’t remain same.”He said that PDP was not a party but a collection of petty traders with crazy ideas that power must rotate round the whole country, noting, “The defunct Yugoslavia is today split into about six countries because of rotational Presidency which led into civil war.
History has shown clearly that such arrangement will never work because even as a nation, Nigerians have never agreed over issues before”
.According to him, PDP lacked respect for the Constitution and the Nigerian people and what was seen so far was a show of shame. He said, “This government as being led by the PDP has nothing to show for its existence since President Jonathan took over and they keep promoting ethnic sentiments in their way of appointing people in position.
”Junaid, however, maintained that what Nigerians have seen so far concerning PDP will continue to happen till the party loses its relevance, stressing, “Nigerians will continue to witness this fighting and rebellion within the PDP. It is bound to happen because the party was not built on sincerity and democracy”.
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