PDP National Vice Chairman Southwest, Adedeji Doherty has insisted that there is no more factionalisation within the party structure asserting that the PDP has moved past its internal leadership crisis following the Supreme Court ruling.
Speaking in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Sunday Doherty said the judgment of the Supreme Court had effectively resolved the leadership dispute and clarified the status of party officials, ending what he described as earlier divisions within the PDP.
“First of all, just to clarify this, before the Supreme Court’s judgement, we were a bit fractionalised. I think after the judgement, there are no more factions.”
He maintained that the ruling had settled the question of legitimacy within the party and confirmed the current leadership arrangement.
“I stand as the National Vice Chairman of the Southwest. Abdulrahman Mohammed stands as the National Chairman. And Mr. Ayewu stands as the National Secretary. So there’s no ambiguity.”
Doherty insisted that the PDP was now functioning as a unified organisation and no longer operating under competing leadership structures. “PDP has moved on. We have gone on to cell phones. We have gone on to, we start screening next week.”
He said the party was already deep into preparations for its internal political processes, including screenings, primaries, and congresses across states. “We have primaries also coming up. We are following in some states the consensus mode of elections. In some other states we are following the direct primaries.”
Doherty argued that claims of continued division within the PDP did not reflect the current reality, stressing that the party had already stabilised after the court ruling. “So in the democracy that we practise today, you understand, definitely there are going to be alignments and realignments. I’m happy that the coalition came to Ibadan so I see something happening in the future, and it’s good for Nigerians to just get ready for a change everything was even as peaceful as ever, you understand?”
He added that internal alignments and realignments were normal in democratic politics and should not be mistaken for factional collapse. “In the democracy that we practise today, definitely there are going to be alignments and realignments.”
Doherty amid continued debate within the PDP over interpretations of the Supreme Court said. “So these are the issues that they are trying to interpret or misinterpret It is not you saying, you are interpreting it to suit yourself, So I believe that this should end the ambiguity concerning all these things.”
Erizia Rubyjeana
