The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum (PDP-GF) and Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, says that leaving the party to another party is an act of cowardice.
The Bauchi state governor stated this during the inauguration of the media and publicity sub-committee of the party’s national convention.
His comment comes amidst reports that the Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, is set to formally dump the PDP next Tuesday October 14 while Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State would follow suite soon.
Earlier this year, Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State and Governor Sheriff Oborewori of Delta State had dumped PDP.
However, charging PDP members not to be dissuaded by the wave of defections, the Bauchi State governor said,
“We are confident, please be emboldened, don’t be disturbed by the defections and the shenanigans and the Doubting Thomases. Don’t be disturbed, you should be encouraged.
Staying back to fight is what makes a man or woman. It’s an act of cowardice to leave because of one man or woman. You are also men and women of strength and courage”
Boasting that the forthcoming party convention must go on as planned, Mohammed said
“We have been suffering a lot as a party and we have been weathering the storm. And we will continue to weather the storm. This convention is here to stay and we are going to Ibadan by the grace of God. No Jupiter will stop us. No dark forces will succeed over us. If the dark forces succeed over PDP, they have succeeded over Nigeria”
