{"id":60421,"date":"2017-12-06T21:06:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T20:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=60421"},"modified":"2017-12-06T21:06:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T20:06:59","slug":"pdp-waiting-saraki-kwankwaso-others-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/pdp-waiting-saraki-kwankwaso-others-return\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Waiting For Saraki, Kwankwaso, Others To Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Trustees of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) has called on aggrieved members who left the party to follow the footsteps of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku \u201cand return home.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Chairman of the board, Sen. Walid Jibrin, made the call while briefing journalists on Wednesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cas the party joyfully welcomes Atiku back to his home PDP, we are equally waiting to receive more members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are waiting for the President of the Senate, Sen. Bukola Saraki, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, other senators, members of House of Representatives and APC governors who left the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the December 9 PDP Convention, Jibrin urged aspirants to develop the spirit of sportsmanship.<\/p>\n<p>He urged aspirants to accept the verdict of delegates, cooperate with the winners and remain loyal to the party as power comes from God.<\/p>\n<p>Jibrin said the BoT had not anointed any contestant, saying the board was ready to work with whoever emerged victorious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to assure our party members that whoever emerges as National Chairman, the BoT is ready to cooperate and work with him or her for the progress of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will like to reiterate our position that the BoT has not anointed any candidates for now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He commended the Judiciary for saving Nigeria\u2019s democracy by putting and end to the crisis in the party.<\/p>\n<p>NAN<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Trustees of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) has called on aggrieved members who left the party to follow the footsteps of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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