Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday declared that his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would reclaim all the states it lost to the opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC) by 2015.
The President, who spoke at the North West zone sensitization and unity rally of the party in Kaduna, asked party members in the North West zone to shun those he referred to as inconsistent politicians and support the PDP as the only party that could deliver Nigeria, promote rule of law, unity and stability.
Addressing the mammoth crowd, President Jonathan described the governors and other elected leaders that left the party to join the APC as being unfair to the electorate that elected them. He called on the defecting members to return before it is too late.
The PDP National Chairman, Adamu Muazu, emphasised the need for members to be united in order to fight the opposition and reclaim the three states in the zone that were lost to APC. He also appealed for the support of the zone for President Jonathan’s re-election in 2015.
The Chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum, Godswill Akpabio, who led his colleagues to the rally, described the PDP as the bedrock of governance in the country. He assured the crowd that the party remained capable of providing the quality of leadership that Nigerians desire.
The rally, which held at the Murtala Mohammed Square, had in attendance, the Vice-President Namadi Sambo, National Assembly members, state governors, party leaders and faithful, some of whom took turns to speak on how to move the party forward.
