Some concerned members of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have asked leaders of the party to allow all intending defectors into the party to fortify the party’s electoral chances in the 2019 general elections.
In a statement issued yesterday in Ilorin, the state capital, the PDP members, under the auspices of Concerned Members of PDP, Kwara State chapter, argued that Nigerians believed that our party was the popular platform for seriousminded politicians and thus, “we cannot afford to be unduly selective in our membership drive.
The call came as the National Chairman of the PDP; Prince Uche Secondus, said the party was open to all possible defectors from the RAPC and other opposition members that were not satisfied with the current situation of the country.
Secondus, who made the statement in Ilorin, during a condolence visit to former PDP National Leader, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, over the loss of his mother, had been asked to react to alleged overtures from the camp of the nPDP, including the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to rejoin the party. Yesterday’s statement was signed by Alhaji Abdullahi Lateef (Balogun Fulani Ward 11); Alhaji Danjuma Hamid (Oko-Erin); Moshood Issa (Alanamu); Prince Olabode; M. A. (Ibagun) and Ayinde Wasiu (Aare 1)
Excerpt from the statement reads: “If we are desirous of winning in 2019, we must maintain an open door policy to all new members nationally unless we have made up our minds to only participate in the coming elections with the usual dismal outcome of failures.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State yesterday warned the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena, to refrain from attacking the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, over the current situation of the party in the country.
In a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Sulyman Buhari, reacting to a statement credited to Nabena, called on Saraki to declare his stand on the R-APC. The local APC chapter warned Nabena to stay within the mandate of his new position, and stop what was described as his campaign of uninformed comments against Saraki.