The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party has pleaded with its party members to close ranks and support the party’s presidential standard-bearer for the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, as the party moves to rescue Nigeria.
Chairman of the board, Sen. Walid Jibrin, appealed in a statement in Abuja, on Monday. He described the election of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the party a as “big success” not only for the PDP but for Nigeria and Nigerians.
He said “My advice as to the PDP BoT Chairman, is that we must come together as one entity and speak with one voice to make our party greater, not only in Nigeria but Africa.
“Atiku’s success at the recently concluded PDP primaries has opened a good way for all Nigerians to come 2023. “We must remember that Atiku was in 2019 elected at the PDP presidential primary in Port-Harcourt, but was nakedly sabotaged by APC.
“We must also remember the good performance of Atiku as Vice-President to Olusegun Obasanjo. He’s not a tribalist, he’s the best man for Nigeria’s President.“ The board hailed all party members especially delegates for their peaceful conduct before, during, and after the convention which led to the emergence of the candidate.
It also applauded Senator David Mark and the various committees who handled the task of organizing one of the best National conventions after the Port-Harcourt convention chaired by Governor Okowa of Delta state in 2019. Jibrin promised that the BoT will assist the party and the presidential candidate to come out with an acceptable Vice President from southern Nigeria ahead of the polls
Ada Peter
