-Two defeated PDP South-west national chairmanship aspirants, Gbenga Daniel and Rasheed Ladoja, have stated that the zone would not leave the party, despite its defeat at the convention
- Ladoja stated that he had joined politics to make Nigeria work, and that he would remain in the opposition party
- On his part, Daniel stated that the South-west would do everything possible to ensure the PDP’s success at the 2019 general election
Gbenga Daniel and Rasheed Ladoja have stated that it is too late for South-west leaders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to think of leaving the opposition party .
The two ex-governors made their comments following the zone’s loss of the office of national chairman of the PDP, at its recently held national convention.
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In a statement sent to NAIJ.com, it was gathered that the two PDP leaders made their comments during separate meetings with the Governor Seriake Dickson-led National Reconciliation Committee.
Daniel and Ladoja reportedly pledged to help the party succeed at the 2019 general elections and stated that they would not leave the party.
Ladoja stated: “I am in politics to make Nigeria work. In 1999, they begged me to be the governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, and I refused. I wanted a mainstream party.
“I have seen it all in PDP; both the ascension and descent. It is the people that make the party, not the other way round.
“If we come together, we will make the government that the people deserve. We are back to PDP, and we will remain in PDP.”
Rasheed Ladoja, during the meeting with Governor Dickson (Photo credit: PDP)
On his part, Daniel stated: “I want you to be rest assured that we will do everything that is humanly possible to make sure that our party, the PDP, succeeds.
“There is no doubt that there are issues. But I think the responsibility of our party and leadership is what you have demonstrated. That when we have challenges, rather than sit back and brood over our challenges, you have stood up to do whatever is expected.”
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that Seriake Dickson, the Bayelsa state governor, dismissed claims that there was a conspiracy against the Yorubas at the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party.
“There’s no conspiracy against the southwest,” he said.
He made his comments following allegations made by Bode George, as he withdrew from the national chairmanship race, that there was a conspiracy against the Yorubas.
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