A stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, and an aide to ex president Goodluck Jonathan, has dumped the party.
Doyin Okupe
Dr. Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to
former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday joined the ranks decampees
from Peoples Democratic Party.
In a post on his Facebook page titled, “It is time to say GOODBYE
TO PDP,” the medical doctor turned politician said he has to make his
resignation from the party public because PDP “no longer exists in my ward as a single unified party; it was when I joined it”
Okupe was also a spokesman for former President Olusegun Obasanjo
and a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in
Ogun State in 2003 said his resignation from PDP is based on periods of
long introspection.
He also listed four reasons for his resignation from PDP. The
reasons as written by Okupe on his Facebook page are reproduced below:
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It is time to say GOODBYE TO PDP.
It is with deep regret that I publicly announce my resignation from the People’s Democratic Party.
It has to be public because the PDP no longer exists in my ward as a single unified party; it was when I joined it.
My resignation is based on periods of long introspection and some of the following reasons:
1. It is no longer news that the PDP has been embroiled in a fratricidal internal crisis brought upon it by itself.
Its current direction is difficult to discern and I am convinced
that even when the much expected judgement from the Supreme Court is
given, the future of the party is not likely to be significantly
affected whichever way the judgement goes.
2. There seems to be too much deception, selfishness and gross nepotism in our polity nationally.
During the NRC and SDP era, there existed true nationalism and brotherhood.
Northern NRC politicians will under no circumstance undermine their
party for any parochial reason. Also neither will a Southern NRC
politician, under any circumstance betray their party.
Abiola was a Yoruba man, yet those of us who were Yorubas in the NRC never once thought of voting for him.
The commitment in the North was even more profound. Even the
Northern SDP rejected a distinguished successful Kano born Presidential
Candidate, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, and voted for a Southern Yoruba muslim
candidate. Worse than that, both Abiola and his running mate, Amb. Baba
Gana Kingibe were muslims. Yet, it did not matter.
Today, political parties have lost their importance and identities.
Once the candidate is Northern, his party is immaterial, all norherners
irrespective of their professed party affiliations will vote for him.
This is the major reason why there has been a total absence of
opposition in the country in the last two years, and may probably be
responsible for the polarization and sharp ethnic divisions we are
currently witnessing in the country.
In the east, there is intense anger and loud call for secession, in
the south-south, there is absolute indignation and very resolute demand
for total control of their resources, while the south-west is bellicose
and hell bent on true federalism and restructuring which many prominent
Northerners openly oppose for good or for bad.
Under these circumstances, political parties have lost their flavor
and relevance.Certainly, a party like my former party, PDP has no
future in the evolving Nigerian Political Circus.
3. This political confusion has percolate to the states, Ogun state being one of the worst hit.
The leadership of the party has been irredeemably fictionalized for nearly a decade.
Presently it is divided broadly into two major factions. One headed by Hon Ladi Adebutu and the other by Senator Buruji Kashamu.
Unfortunately I do not fit into either group. Hence it becomes
extremely difficult for me to operate as a politician under the PDP
umbrella in the state. Yet, all politics is local.
4. The situation in the country may in the nearest future require
that matured men of goodwill standby to play a unifying role for
political stability of the country. My membership of PDP may directly or
indirectly preclude me from gratifying such noble and patriotic desire.
Undeniably, I have been one of the major beneficiaries (not
financially) of the PDP. But for a fact, the PDP and the APC are
political platforms that have now expired or in the process of being so.
Therefore, no matter my commitment and passion for this great
party, the PDP, it has become menopausal and can no longer bear fruits.
I have therefore decided to withdraw a bit and study the political
situation more critically and thereafter take a decision soonest on my
next political move.
I will miss my friends, associates and co-travelers on this
tortuous political journey and adventure. However, it is also still
possible that our paths cross in the nearest future, which will be a
delight.
But in spite of my stated pessimism, I sincerely express my best
wishes to the more courageous party faithfuls who I am leaving
behind,and I also pray for God’s guidance for them.
For how far I have gone, I remain eternally grateful to Almighty
God and Jesus Christ my savior, to whom ALL powers belong. If it is His
will that I still play a role in National Politics in future, then most
certainly, and by His grace, I WILL BE BACK.
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