{"id":62438,"date":"2018-05-31T18:49:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T17:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62438"},"modified":"2018-05-31T18:49:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T17:49:56","slug":"pdp-says-buhari-now-unpopular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-says-buhari-now-unpopular\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0PDP Says Buhari Now Unpopular"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is glad that President<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Muhammadu Buhari has admitted his diminished popularity among Nigerians<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">due to his poor performance in the last three years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ologbondiyan, the PDP said the president insinuated this in his Democracy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Day speech when he asked citizens to vote for candidates of their choice,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">come 2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">PDP said, \u201cThough Nigerians, on their own, have since reached a consensus<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">not to support President Buhari\u2019s re-election bid in 2019, it is good that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President Buhari, by himself, admitted this fact, hence this declaration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPresident Buhari has seen the flow of our nation\u2019s political tides and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the PDP urges him to show statesmanship by reining-in his cronies to shed<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">their desperation and lust for power, which will, in any case, be firmly<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">resisted by Nigerians.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Furthermore, the party asked the APC and relatives of the President who<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">work with the electoral body, INEC, to desist from any act that will pitch<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">them (PDP) against the people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">According to the party, it remains the only credible platform that can<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">produce the competent leader that Nigeria needs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It said, \u201cThe PDP also charges the All Progressives Congress (APC), the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), particularly the blood<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">relatives of President Buhari in INEC, as well as security agencies to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">note the determination of Nigerians; their desire for another President,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">come 2019 and as such desist from any act that will pitch them against the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt is imperative to note that the APC is already stuck with an unpopular<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">candidate and PDP remains open as the only credible democratic platform<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for all Nigerians across board to rally and produce that truly Nigerian<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President of their choice.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe PDP therefore urges all democrats, in all political formations and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">alignments across the country to come together on the repositioned PDP to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">actualize the wishes and aspirations of Nigerians for a president that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">genuinely cares and truly have the capacity and competence to restore our<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">nation to the path of good governance, peace, national cohesion, equity<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and economic prosperity.\u201d<\/div>\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 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is glad that President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted his diminished popularity among Nigerians due to his poor performance in the last three&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":61023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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