The chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BOT), Chief Tony Anenih, has said
President Goodluck Jonathan would contest the presidential election in
2015 on PDP platform.
Anenih said this while addressing party faithful at the maiden zonal tour
of the south-south by the new PDP chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, on
Tuesday in Calabar, Cross River.
“I want the national chairman to go home with a word from the father that
come 2015, Jonathan will run for presidency for the second term,” he said.
He said that the party was becoming stronger in the south-south, adding
that “if we continue like this, the load in 2015 will be lighter than the
load in 2011″.
The BOT chairman further said that the party had worked hard for next
weekend’s governorship election in Osun, adding that PDP was sure of
clinching victory in the election.
“We are working and we are sure that we will win Osun, come Saturday,” he
said.
Mu’azu said the party would ensure that internal democracy prevailed in
its choice of candidates for various elective positions in 2015.
He said that the party would not entertain any short-cut or favouritism in
selecting the candidates, advising PDP members and supporters to shun
rumour mongering and falsehood because of their implications on party
success and stability.
“The opposition has seen that we are winning in all fronts and they are
ready to destroy us. Therefore, let us be careful as we are in a very
trying time,” he said.
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwanbo of Gombe State, said that the north-east PDP was in
full support of Jonathan’s administration.
“I want to assure the people of south-south that we in the north-east are
in solidarity with you and the president.
“I want to assure you that we, the PDP governors in the north-east, will
work to ensure that President Jonathan returns as president in 2015,” the
governor said.
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