An advocacy group, under the aegis of Coalition for New Nigeria, has
charged elders and major stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to come together in harmony to improve the party’s chances of
electoral victory in the upcoming presidential election.
Speaking at a world press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, National
Coordinator of the group, Prince Stanley Okorie, stated that the time
was right to unite all interests in the party and give Nigerians a
viable electoral alternative in the coming polls.
‘’The time is right to do what is right and what is right for our
party right now is to unite and forge a common ground as we approach
the presidential election slated for February. We cannot afford to
allow further divisive tendencies within the ranks of the party and we
have chosen it as a responsibility to sound this note of
reason as Nigerians earnestly yean for.
‘’Our group sat down after wide interactions with our teeming
supporters across the country to analyse or prospects and challenges.
The PDP has a huge chance in winning the trust and mandate of
Nigerians in the 2023 presidential election. Many young Nigerians are
willing to trust PDP and Atiku Abubakar, our presidential candidate.
The electorate also sent us to tell the elders of the party,
including founding fathers like Sule Lamido, Olabode George, Peter
Odili, Goodluck Jonathan and a host of others who have put their best
in giving the party a legacy to step up in this direction.
‘’We are taking it with all sense of responsibility to unify every
interest within the party as we seek to unify Nigerians and rescue the
country under the leadership of Atiku Abubakar. We are hopeful that
the voice of reason will prevail before the election and we must put
all hands on deck to achieve this,’’ Prince Okorie said.
The group indicated that they would embark on a nationwide tour to
visit selected elders of the party during the yuletide season to
achieve their objective. The elders mentioned in the list include Sule
Lamido, former governor of Jigawa state and one of the few founding
fathers of the PDP; former President Goodluck Jonathan; national
chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, former Senate Presidents
David Mark, Bukola Saraki and Pius Anyim and Sokoto Governor Aminu
Tambuwal.
Speaking in the same vein, co-convener of the group, Comrade Adams
Abonu, said the group was determined at achieving harmony within the
ranks of the party and also indicated their readiness to enhance the
chance of the party.
‘’Across the strata of PDP, the paramount interest is to provide
Nigerians with good leadership and no individual’s interest should
jeopardise the collective aspiration of members. We have taken it upon
ourselves as custodians of democratic values the party is known for to
interact with stakeholders and these selected elders to seek the path
of unity and victory,’’ Comrade Abonu told reporters.
