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| Hon Damishi Sango, |
Plateau PDP Crisis: Sango is taking over office on
Friday, says group
By Lovins Yakubu
May 14, 2019
A group known as
PDP concerned group has given the Chris Hassan led EXCO of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State up to Thursday, 16th May,
2019 to vacate the secretariat for Hon. D. T. Sango who it claimed remains the
authentic chairman of the party.
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| Dakas N Dakas leader of PDP Concerned group speaking to journalists on Tuesday |
The state
executive committee of the PDP in Plateau few weeks ago suspended Sango as chairman
of the party on allegation of misappropriation of funds. However, the group led
by one, Dakas Nathaniel Dakas during a protest in Jos on Tuesday stated that
the state executive committee lacks the power to suspend Sango because being
the state chairman, he is also a member of the National Working Committee of
the PDP.
According to
Dakas, “We call you to help us take the message to the world and give a warning
to some people who illegally occupied the PDP Office, some who are Exco of the
PDP. The group is being led by one Chris Hassan who claimed to have suspended
the authentic chairman Hon. D.T. Sango on allegation of mismanagement of funds.
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| Mike Nyako |
The National Secretariat
of the party has sent a delegation who came here and told them to maintain the
status quo pending the determination of a committee already set up to look into
the allegations leveled against D.T. Sango, but these people don’t seem to understand
and they don’t want to obey the National Secretariat and so, they have
continued to illegally occupying the State Secretariat. Even our governorship
candidate, distinguished Senator J.T. Useni has also cautioned them not to take
the law into their hands and heed to the instruction from the National Secretariat
but they have refused.
“So we are telling
them now that we are escorting Hon. D.T. Sango to his office on Friday. He has
been away on official visit to Abuja. So we are saying that whoever that is
illegally occupying our Secretariat should vacate before then”
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| Chollom Haruna |
The protesters
were seen carrying placards with inscriptions “Baba Sango is still our
authentic chairman”; “we advise them to vacate the PDP secretariat on or before
Friday”; “If Sango must go, all other EXCO members must go too” among others.
Responding to the
question as whether their action would not be misinterpreted by the society to
mean that they are supporting corruption since it’s the allegation being leveled
against Sango, Dakas said that they were not supporting corruption but due
process. “We are not supporting corruption. What we are saying is that due
process should be followed. Two wrongs do not make a right, therefore, whoever
that is aggrieved should follow due process to express their grievances, but
when you decide to violate the constitution, we will never support that
attitude”.
On whether their
intention to forcefully takeover the party secretariat on Friday also not
amount to violation of due process, the group leader said no, adding that they
were law abiding citizens and party loyalists. “We are only complying with the
instructions from the National Secretariat of our party that we should revert
to status quo and that the petition which they wrote is being looked into
because, you can’t be a complainant and a judge at the same time. Sango, by
virtue of his position is a member of the National Working Committee so, the
state secretariat doesn’t have the power to suspend him”, he said.
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| members of the PDP Concerned group protesting on Tuesday |
On why the issue
cannot be resolved through administrative channels, by way of communication
asking the current EXCO to vacate office, Dakas said they have already been
communicated but they have refused to abide by directives from the National
Secretariat. “They have already been communicated but they don’t want to obey
that is why we intent to come on Friday in line with directive given from the
National Secretariat.
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| Protesters on Tuesday |
Also speaking to
newsmen, other members of the group, Chollom Haruna and Mike Nyako, all said
that D. T. Sango remained the authentic PDP chairman in Plateau State and
called on those who are parading themselves as EXCO of the party to desist from
doing so.
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