Katsina PDP Caucus, Elders Committee Reject Caretaker Committee

Francis Sardauna in Katsina 

The Katsina State Caucus and Elders Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected the state caretaker committee inaugurated by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

The groups, at a press conference in Katsina Sunday, vowed not to recognise or work with the committee because its composition was against the spirit and letter of their engagement with the NWC of the party.

Senator Umar Ibrahim Tsauri, who addressed journalists on behalf of the groups, said they would not participate in any programme or activity of the caretaker committee in the state.

The groups described the caretaker committee as a one-man teleguided committee aimed at draining and derailing the great, committed and highly spirited members of the PDP in the state. 

While proclaiming themselves as groups that are resolute in redeeming the enviable image and glory of the party in Katsina, the PDP Caucus and Elders Committee unanimously rejected the caretaker committee in its entirety.

The groups said: “We have, as a group that is resolute in redeeming the enviable image and glory of the PDP in Katsina State, wish to state in no uncertain terms that we will not recognise or work with this caretaker committee.

“We will not work with the committee because its appointment is clearly against the spirit and letter of our engagement with you as representative of the National Working Committee and senior Elders of the PDP in the North-west.

“We shall not partake in any programme or activity initiated or under the direction of the said caretaker committee in the state. We will continue to work tirelessly for the unity and good progress of our party and its teeming well-meaning members in Katsina State.”

The groups therefore, urged PDP members in the state to shun personal and pecuniary interests and work towards bringing back unity and cohesion of the party as enshrined in the party’s constitution.