The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said it would not compel any of its members to remain within its fold.
It said while it would prefer to
dialogue with the aggrieved members to resolve any outstanding issues,
it recognised that there was no compulsion in political party
membership.
The party was reacting to a threat by
some of the governors to defect to the opposition All Progressives
Congress if the crisis within the party persisted.
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP,
Chief Olisa Metuh, told our correspondent over the telephone that the
party was a democratic institution made up of individuals who chose to
be members on their own free will.
He said, “We want them to remain in the
party. We will want to work with them and resolve our issues; but we are
in a democracy and in a democracy membership of a party is a choice
freely made.”