Abba Moro: I won’t join any coalition — politics of gang-up not solution to Nigeria’s problems

Abba Moro, lawmaker representing Benue south and senate minority leader, says he remains a committed member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has no intention of joining any coalition.

In a video posted on his official Facebook page on Tuesday, Moro said he is a founding member of the PDP, has held different elective positions while in the party and has no intention of leaving.

“I want to make it very, very clear here, I joined the People’s Democratic Party in 1998 at its formative year, and so I think I am qualified to see myself as a founding member of the PDP,” he said.

“I was one of the first set of persons elected on the platform of that party.

“Precisely on December 8, 1998, local government elections were conducted across the country. I contested to be chairman of my local government, Okpokwu local government council in Benue state, and I won.

“I was eventually sworn in on May 29, 1999, as the executive chairman of Okpokwu local government and at various times, I became the chairman of the local government, either as caretaker chairman or as an elected chairman.

“And I was the ALGON chairman of Benue state within this period. And that is how I have come along with the PDP.”

The senator said he has never abandoned the PDP and has no plans to do so.

“I have never defected to another party. I have never joined another party. And as I am talking to you now, I have never defected,” he said.

“I am a bona fide member of PDP. I am not joining any coalition. I have not joined any coalition. I don’t intend to join any coalition.”

Moro cautioned against forming political alliances out of frustration, saying Nigeria needs serious-minded leadership.

“And quite frankly, I think that we should approach Nigeria with a serious mind of electing people who are prepared to govern this country,” the senator said.

“I think it is inappropriate to begin to take decisions based on grievances, based on failed expectations arising from frustrations of rising expectations.”

Moro urged politicians and citizens to make use of existing structures to contest elections.

“And so today, I want to encourage all of us to utilise existing platforms to run elections,” he said.

“I know that there are some limitations. There are some concerns about some of the policies of the present administration. I know that people are hurting. I know that people think that enough has not been done.

“But I think politics of gang-up is not a solution to our problems. And so I think that if we are heading in the wrong direction, we should be able to trace our steps and head in the right direction.”

On May 15, Moro said politicians defecting from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) are “sinners” looking for political forgiveness.