The  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is set  to rebrand the party and make it strong enough to take over power in 2019.

The plan was made known at the end of a crucial meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), National Vice Chairmen and State Chairmen of the PDP in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja which held Wednesday in Abuja.

A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting and signed by Amb. Ibrahim Kazaure and Dr. Emmanuel Agbo for National Vice Chairmen and State Chairmen respectively, said the meeting noted the outcome of the 2015 general elections and accordingly resolved not to allow the temporary setback affect the party’s contributions to the democratic development of the country.

The meeting , which also noted and appreciated the patriotic stand taken by President Goodluck Jonathan after the elections as another milestone in the party’s contributions to peace, stability and progress of the nation, however decried the widespread anomalies and irregularities that characterised the March 28 and April 11 elections in most states to the disadvantage of the PDP.

It therefore resolved to give full backing to the various pursuits of redress in this regard within the ambit of the law and tenets of democracy.

The meeting directed all PDP candidates who believed that they were shortchanged to channel their reports through their state chairmen as it resolved to resist undue harassments, witch-hunt and any form of intimidation or undemocratic tendencies from the opposition aimed at bringing down PDP members psychologically.

Noting what it described as the subterranean moves by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to undermine the structures of the PDP across the country with the sinister motive of allegedly imposing a one-party state in the polity, the meeting strongly cautioned the APC and its leader, General Muhammadu Buhari against any action or inaction that could threaten or erode the gains of democracy and personal freedom that have been established by the PDP government in the last 16 years.