In a veiled reference to the recent sacking of President Goodluck Jonathan’s political aide, Ahmed Gulak, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Adamu Mu’azu, yesterday warned that ahead of the 2015 general election, the party will no longer tolerate arrogant members in its fold.

Mu’azu stated this while receiving a communique from the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the PDP on their stakeholders’ meeting which held on April 22.

The communique had lambasted Gulak for coming to Akwa Ibom State and inaugurating a sectional and an unknown support group in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan without calling on the state’s party leadership.

The communiqué, which further advised Jonathan to caution his aides who were bent on causing disaffection in various states of the federation, specifically  warned “Alhaji Gulak to desist from further interference in the affairs of the state as we do not need the assistance of any outsider to campaign here for Mr President.”

Gulak was sacked last Tuesday.

 Gulak’s sack, a political lesson  – Gov Nyako

Meanwhile, Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyako, has described the sudden sack of former presidential adviser on political matters to President Goodluck Jonathan, Barrister Ahmed Ali Gulak as one of the lessons of the laws of power.

Speaking through his director of press and public affairs, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, Governor Nyako said he received the story of the wild jubilation that greeted Gulak, the hometown of the former presidential aide with trepidation, saying that the development should serve as a lesson that power is transient.

Meantime, some close associates of the president are pushing for the appointment of either Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa or Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau as Gulak’s replacement. Both are former governors who recently dumped the APC for the PDP.

However, while speaking on the communique, Mu’azu noted that he had told President Jonathan that the party can no longer afford to allow members who will cause disaffection to remain in the party.

Although he said the incident had been overtaken by events, Mu’azu noted “I have told the president that whoever does not remain focused, cool nerved, humble cannot belong to this party. Those who want to insult me should do so; one day it will be over.”

He added that what is paramount now is for the party to win the 2015 presidential election and not engage in bickering.(Leadership)

He continued, “I am ready to stoop to conquer. That is the spirit I want to put in us, to remain focused, calm and preserve through anything we are going through in the party. I don’t want anybody to imagine Nigeria without PDP.”

Speaking earlier, the Akwa Ibom state chairman of the PDP, Paul Ekpo, said state has passed a vote of confidence on President Jonathan and Mu’azu based for the achievements he has made within three months of assuming office.

He added that Akwa ibom is one party state under PDP and that the governor Godswill Akpabio has gulvanised the party into one formidable unit in the state.