Angry Peoples Democratic Party youths in Kogi State have warned Senator Dino Melaye against acts that are inimical to the progress of the party in the state.
The aggrieved party members, under the aegis of Kogi West PDP Youth Alliance, in a statement signed by its leader, Isiak Suleiman, on Friday, warned Melaye to stop creating crisis in the party.
The statement questioned why Melaye, who joined the party in 2018, is asking for an audit of the party’s finances from 2016.
It stated, “The same man has been attending the state caucus meeting where the finances of the party are made known to the leaders and have never raised any objection.
“One will wonder why he is raising a fictitious petition against the state executives of the party if not for selfish ulterior motives.
“Senator Dino Melaye also accused the Kogi State chairman, Ibrahim Ohuoto, of losing his ward during the last governorship election in Kogi State even when the record shows that he also lost his Iluafon Unit, and Ayetoro Ward 1 during the same election.
“It is sheer hypocrisy to demand from others what you also lack. We also recall how he turned down the offer to lead the campaign for the party simply because he lost out at the governorship primaries. It is a known fact that Senator Dino will not support the party if he is not a direct beneficiary.
“We also wonder why Senator Dino Melaye thinks that an audit of the party finances is the solution to the false claim that the state chairman of the party is sidelining some members and running the party like a private business. What is the correlation between financial audit and inclusiveness in this case?
“We urged Senator Dino and his unknown stakeholders’ group to come out clear on personal issues he has with some members of the state executives as we will no longer tolerate this act of gross insubordination from him.
“If Senator Dino wants to leave the party as it is been rumoured, he should leave quietly to where he’s coming from. We will not let anyone destroy the party we laboured so hard to build.
“After all, he only came in 2018 to profit from what we built and reaped from our sweat. We will not let him or anyone, no matter how high he thinks of himself, destroy our party.”
