Ex-FCT Minister Bala Mohammed: I will never leave PDP

Former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Bala Mohammed, has denied speculations that he has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after losing the national chairmanship position.
Mohammed made the denial at a stakeholders’ meeting to mend fences and factions in the party in Bauchi State.
He said that politicians should not allow prolonged malice and animosity to interfere with the political will among members, which would hinder the success of the party.
“Just because I lost the national chairmanship, I will not leave PDP because this is not my kind of politics. I have never said that I was leaving the PDP because I lost the seat of the national chairman, this is not my kind of politics. Whoever feels I have offended him, I will ask for forgiveness because this is politics, there is no room for institutionalised animosity,’’ he said.
Mohammed called on party members to ensure that all fences were mended to bring the party to its real upper status.
He said that internal democracy should be the watch word of members in order to avoid further rancor and division of the party which would do more harm than good to the party’s political arena.
Also, Senator Abdul Ningi said that justice and equity should be done to all members.
According to him, members should be self-disciplined in order to achieve a common set goal for the party.
“We all need to come back and make the party great again through collective efforts of ensuring that there is no more factions,’’ he said.
State PDP Chairman, Alhaji Yaro Yaro, said the meeting was aimed at putting to an end all factions, and also to preach to one another the gospel of unity in the political system.
Former PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mua’zu and former Governor Isa Yuguda were absent.