- The PDP said it is prepared to take over power in 2019
- The opposition party said Nigerians were already tired of the APC
- It claimed many Nigerians regret voting for the ruling party
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it can’t wait to get back into power as the party was not formed to play opposition.
The Sun reports Ini Ememobong who is the publicity secretary of the party in Akwa Ibom said since Uche Secondus was elected as chairman, he has been working towards the success of the party.
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He said some parties were formed to play opposition and are therefore strangers to being in power.
He said: “As at today, even those who were complaining about the election have begun to say otherwise. The truth is when someone loses an election, he feels bad; but after a while reasons come to play. It could have also been you if your state negotiated well, you could have also been on the list and you could have won.
“So, that is behind us now. We are now building a party. I am sure you have felt the impact. The national chairman, who, on the day of his inauguration issued a quit notice to the party in power, is a man who must hit the ground running; and I am sure, you have seen him hitting the ground running.
“Every department of the party has been repositioned for the purpose of taking over power. That was the only reason PDP was formed; it was formed to handle power. We were not formed to play opposition. There are other parties that were formed for the purposes of opposition. They are just strangers to power. We are strangers to opposition. We have to get back to power.
“The truth is, people usually think the grass is greener across the fence. It is a natural thing; that is why you see people travelling, leaving Nigeria to Libya trying to cross the Mediterranean to get into Europe, without knowing that even in Europe, there are beggars
“For us in the PDP, I admit that there were a few things we might have done wrong which were individual idiosyncratic disposition, and which were not well received by the populace. But, again, there was also this irresistible campaign by the opposition, promising miracles, such as making one naira to be equivalent to one dollar.
“And the people also felt the grass may be greener across the fence and they decided to give them a chance, and this is where the trial has landed them. You go to Abuja, from market women to taxi driver, everybody is anxiously awaiting the return of PDP.”
Meanwhile, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state confessed that the PDP cannot survive without the southwestern part of the country.
Dickson, who is the chairman of the party’s national committee on reconciliation, said the PDP needed the full support of its members in the zone to effectively succeed in 2019.
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A statement by his spokesperson, Fidelis Soriwei, noted that the Dickson said this when he led the reconciliation committee on a visit to the former governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, in Lagos on Thursday, December 14.
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Source: Naija.ng