We’ll expose saboteurs responsible for Jonathan’s defeat, says Ekweremadu’s c’ttee

THE post-election assessment committee of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
yesterday vowed that it would expose all
party members who played one role or the
other to sabotage the second term ambition
of President Goodluck Jonathan as well as
the interest of the party in other elections
irrespective of how high the persons may be.



According to the Post- Election Committee
which has the Deputy Senate President,
Senator Ike Ekweremadu as Chairman, it
would collect memoranda from all
stakeholders in the party, just as it promised
to be fair to all.
Addressing Journalists, secretary of the
committee, Dr Walid Jubrin, who denied that
the committee did not enjoy the blessings of
the major stakeholders of the party, stressed
that that they got the blessings of President
Jonathan, the Vice President, Namadi
Sambo, Board of Trustees Chairman, Tony
Anenih and the Senate President, David
Mark.
The PDP, it will be recalled lost the
presidency during the March 28 Presidential
election after sixteen years of leadership to
the Presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, General
Muhammadu Buhari, retd.
Following this set back, the National Working
Committee, NWC of the party last week
inaugurated the Ekweremadu led 15-member
Committee.
Besides ascertaining the immediate and
remote causes for the failure of the party at
the 2015 polls, other terms of reference given
to the committee, were to “ascertain the
degree of anti-party activities, compromises
and outright sabotage that may have
contributed to the misfortunes of our party at
the elections.”
They were also mandated “To look at the
funding of the elections to determine whether
or not the funds meant for the campaigns
were adequate and whether disbursements
were properly done.”
But Jubrin who described the assignment
given to the committee as very important
said, “we will be very fair to all, we will not
leave any stone unturned, we will not fear
anybody. Anybody who is found wanting we
will say so and we will state what we have
found.”
He however appealed to aggrieved members
to be calm adding that it will be unfair to
preempt the outcome of the committee’s
report.
He further added that PDP was ready for
repairs adding “we have accepted we are in
the opposition and our opposition will be fair
and not crude with reasoning and logic. It
will be truitful for Nigerians. We won’t abuse
anybody”.
He noted that the three weeks time-frame
given to them by the party would be extended
if necessary.