PDP On The Brink Of Extinction- David Mark

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The senate leader, Mr David Mark has cautioned his party members on intra-party wrangling that is tearing the party apart. Speaking while receiving the Post-Election Assessment Committee headed by Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Senator Mark charged, "the PDP is already hermorrhaging, unless we halt the bleeding and find the necessary therapy, we may be heading for the final burial of the party" "The PDP is already in a comatose status and we should do all we can to resucsitate the party, rather than this unnecessary rancour and bulk passing" "The emerging factions are absolutely unnecesary. The combatants must sheathe their swords and embrace dialogue. My appeal is that we should not do anything further that would damage the already fragmented house" Everybody should come together and rebuild the party. We have gotten enough bruises. We need not inflict further pains on ourselves with continuous bickering." "Enough of this blame game. We should return to the drawing board and need not wash our dirty linen in the public anymore" "I believe a useful lesson has been learnt from the PDP electoral misfortune. As for me, it is time to put on our thinking caps and chart a new course" Success they say has many fathers, failure is an orphan. The PDP orphaned by the humiliation it suffered in the hand of the APC at the just concluded elections has had its members defecting in droves looking for the winning party as a foster to adopt them. Those members see themselves as being malnourished by a sick parent (the PDP) The outgoing president further aggravated their ordeals when he told the defecting members that hunger will drive them back as the APC would have to feed its own first before considering these fair-weather friends.

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