By Chidozie Dikachi
Ahead of 2023 general election, some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Kaduna South Senatorial District under the aegis of Conference of Concern Members, have called on the National Chairman of the party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu to sanction the Deputy Senate Minority Whip, Senator Danjuma Laah for anti party activities.
The group in a letter address to the National Chairman, accused the Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District of colluding with the candidates of other political parties to frustrate other PDP candidates and work against the PDP.
The letter jointly signed by Alhaji Muhammadu Isa Akwantas, Convener and Mall. Gambo Magaji Omo, secretary noted that “We feel very disturbed that the same Senator, who was given the opportunity to represent our Senatorial District at the National Assembly for two consecutive terms under our party, has been engaged in a number of anti-party activities, thereby undermining efforts being put in place by party members to win the 2023 election.
“Since losing the primary election, Senator Laah has stayed away from every activity geared towards mobilizing support for the party to win all elective positions, instead, the Senator has verbally directed his followers to work for candidates of other political parties in the State.
“For example, the Senator has vowed to work against the Minority Whip of the House of Representatives and candidate of the party in his own Kaura federal constituency, Hon. Gideon Lucas Gwani. The Senator and his followers have been working for the Candidate of the APC in the constituency. This Mr. Chairman, is frustrating the efforts of party loyalists.
“Secondly, the Senator is in secret alliance with the Senatorial Candidate of the Labour Party to work against the Senatorial Candidate of the PDP. He has also given verbal instructions to his followers to support the Governorship Candidate of the APC in Kaduna State.
“The Senator has also distanced himself from all activities of the party geared towards galvanising support for the party’s candidates in the Senatorial District. He doesn’t attend party meetings called by the leadership of the party at the State and Zonal levels; absconded from the local governments consultative tour in the zone and even his local government, and rebranded the campaign vehicles he used before the primaries and excluded pictures of all other candidates in the state except that of the presidential candidate and his vice.”
The letter copied the Presidential Candidate of the PDP Atiku Abubakar and the Kaduna State Chairman Hon. Felix Hassan Hyat therefore ask the National Chairman to call Senator Laah to order, saying “we feel it is expedient to write you to call Senator Danjuma Laah to order as well as prevail on him to disembark on his political journey to Golgotha. He can’t remain the Deputy Minority Whip of the Senate and still be working against the candidates of the same party that keeps him in that position.”
The group said even though they are not worried about his anti party activities, “our decision to write is merely to put you on notice and for possible sanctions to be meted out in line with the constitution of the PDP.”
