“Even if you have a knife in my head, I will stand for justice” – Senator Mark tells warring PDP factions

“Even if you have a knife in my head, I will
stand for justices, fairness and equity,
Senate President, Senator David Mark told
warring factions of the People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) in Abuja today.
Responding to the Alhaji Kawu Baraje led
faction of the party who visited him at the
National Assembly over the unabating
impasse, Senator Mark urged the warring
groups to come together and uphold a
strong and united Party.
On his part, he said he will remain in the
PDP and would not live to see a fallen Party
just as he pleaded with party faithful that
what ever happens they must not abandon
the ship .
“We are stronger and better as one big ,
strong and united party . We need to work
together and make our democracy
sustainable,” Senator Mark told his guests.
In finding solution to the crisis rocking the
ruling party, he counseled the opposing
groups to lay the cards on the table
honestly and objectively.
In the National Assembly , Senator
Mark stated that the law makers
elected on the platform of the party will
remain united and cohesive saying that
what makes for the good of the nation and
her citizens would be their watch word.
To this end , he maintained that the
leadership of the National Assembly has no
intention to declare any seat of the
senators or House of Representative
members vacant on account of the crisis
hoping that the issues would be resolved
amicably soon.
Earlier Barage demanded among other
things, recall of governor Rotimi Amaechi of
Rivers State from suspension as well as his
recognition as the elected chairman of the
Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF).
The group also demanded the reversal of
the dissolution of the Party Executives in
Rivers and Adamawa states, removal of
Alhaji Bamaga Tukur as National Chairman
of the party, strict adherence to party
constitution and total objection to third
term from the back door.
The G-7 governors includes Babangida
Aliyu of Niger State, Sule Lamido of Jigawa,
Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, Rotimi
Amaechi of Rivers, Ahmed Fatai of Kwara ,
Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso of Kano and Aliyu
Wamakko of Sokoto state.