As the ongoing crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party deepens, the National Chairman of the of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, yesterday warned members against tearing the party apart.

Muazu, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Tony Amadi while addressing newsmen on Sunday, said that he would not resign despite the calls from many quarters for him to back out.

The national chairman said that the PDP would be history if he bows to the pressure.

Reacting to the threat by some members to form a PDP faction should he remain in office, Mu’azu said, “Let them go and form their parallel party and let us see where they are going to get their votes from.

“The only reason Mu’azu doesn’t want to resign is because if he does, those who want the PDP buried will succeed.”

The national chairman said he was not the problem of the PDP, adding that what should be uppermost in the minds of genuine party leaders should be how to rebuild it.

He slammed Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose and other chieftains of the party who are calling for his resignation.

Mu’azu asked, “Why are these people trying to create problems for themselves and the outgoing President? The President has said let us sheathe our swords; that is why we have not said anything for the past one week and we obeyed the President. He is our leader; why are they doing this?

“I thought that we have finished elections, we have got a President-elect and we are going to hand over to the President-elect. Why are they taking us back? Please, let them cool down, Mu’azu is not the problem.”

But in a quick reaction, the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, said, “The PDP cannot break under any circumstance. Secondly, Mu’azu as chairman or not, cannot and will not break the PDP. Mu’azu is not a force enough to break PDP.”

Fayose insisted that if Mu’azu resigned as the PDP’s chairman, the party would remain.

“How can a man who cannot win his ward, local government and state say the PDP will be buried if he resigns?” he asked. 

The Ekiti State governor added that even if he (Fayose) left the PDP, the party would still remain.