25 April 2011 03:15 Chinyere Amalu, Abuja
General Ibrahim Babangida has described as "ridiculous", the newspaper report on the purported sanctioning of himself, Vice President Atiku Abubakar and General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party over alleged anti-party activities.In a statement signed by his spokesman, Prince Kassim Afegua, Babangida, said that such recommendation by PDP NWC to sanction them for accepting to mediate in the alliance talk between CPC and ACN was wrong and unacceptable.
The statement reads "the fact of the matter was that, the two political parties involved considered the option of an alliance before the elections, and needed a neutral, honest, forthright and patriotic body to broker the talks so that any possible outcome would be respected and carried through."
He explained that lot fell on the Northern Political Leaders Forum to ensure justice, fairness and equity in the political equation of the country.
Babangida pointed out that those who were asking for sanctions were neither members nor participants 13 years ago, when they formed PDP.
He, however, called on the NWC of the PDP to advise President Goodluck Jonathan and proffer meaningful solutions to address the myriad of problems facing the country rather than "this mundane and pedestrian suggestion of sanctions against individuals whose contributions to Nigeria cannot be quantified."
"They should not drag the president into disruptive and distractive influences because he needs more than a presence of mind to articulate solutions to the challenges of nation building. All the solidarity visits by interest groups, traditional rulers and political groupings," he stated.
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