Former Governor of Benue State, Governor Gabriel Suswam, has stated that outside forces are interfering in the activities of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), News About Nigeria reports.
He stated this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.
He noted that not only are these outside forces interfering and determining what is going on in the party, but that the leadership is accepting it.
He also noted that the PDP is being undermined by external forces, which has rendered the party ineffective as a viable alternative opposition.
According to him, the party has since, after the 2023 general election, failed to live up to the expectations of Nigerians as a viable opposition, adding that unless there is an overhaul of its leadership, the party will go nowhere because the current leadership has lost focus.
“I think there are subterranean forces inferring in the party and they are determining what is going on in the party. And the leadership is acquiescing to it.
“Subterranean suggests that people are trying to control the party from the outside. They are controlling the party from the outside, and they are keeping the party in a comatose state,” he stated.
The Benue senator further noted that the party has refused to call a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, which would have helped resolve some of the issues arising in the party.
He maintained that the party has not been able to resolve the fallout of the 2022 presidential primary election, which saw a group of five governors work against the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election.
He stated that it was wrong for the party not to have sanctioned the G-5 governors and their allies who openly declared that they would remain in the party and work against its interest.
“They were not sanctioned, which made others become emboldened to act anyway they wanted. The PDP has been weakened since then,” he added.
