Taraba State Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku is not an ungrateful person, and did not mock the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), his media and publicity aide, Sylvanus Giwa has said.
Giwa, in a statement, denied reports making the rounds that the governor made some derogatory comments against his political party, the PDP.
He asked the leadership of the PDP and party supporters to disregard the reports, which he noted, have portrayed the governor as disloyal to the party on whose platform he came to power.
He advised reporters against doctoring reports when quoting a newsmaker.
Ishaku, according newspaper reports, had pointed the finger of accusation at the leadership of the PDP for being responsible for the party’s poor performance at the general election.
Giwa said the information in the report was far from what the governor said and meant.
“The governor was not accurately quoted. What he said that very day was that the leadership of the party (PDP) should try and re-organise the party so as to take over government in 2019. He said so with the believe that the PDP still has solid structures on ground to triumph in the next general election.”
The Nation gathered that the said comments by the Taraba governor, is raising dust in the PDP, with some groups calling for his immediate suspension from the party.
He is said to have made the comment when the leadership of the PDP in the North-East zone paid him a condolence visit on the death of the party’s North-East Secretary Bala Ndaforo who hailed from Taraba.
Giwa said “the report might have been a blunder by the reporter or a ploy by some foes aimed at pulling the governor, who is determined to work for the success of the party, down.”
“I wish to clarify that the governor only advanced constructive advice to the delegation based on his genuine patriotism for the PDP and deep desire for the party’s progress.
“The Governor did not mock PDP. He knows the demerits of imposing candidates on the electorate and used the forum (visit) to proffer a way forward for the party and its ideals. This, he (Ishaku) said it in plain language, void of any undertone that could be misinterpreted by any objective listener.”
“Governor Ishaku has been and will remain a loyal member of the PDP. He seeks nothing but for the party to rise from where it fell.”