The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ahmad Mu’azu, said the party will not give automatic tickets to its members to contest the 2015 general elections.
Mu’azu announced this while answering questions from journalists after a closed-door meeting with the PDP caucus of the House of Representatives on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said that automatic tickets were only given by parties that were undemocratic.
“We have a democratic process and we will go through that, those that deserve it will surely get it,” he said.
He said that he was not aware of any promise made by the immediate past national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, of giving automatic ticket to any member.
On the meeting, the chairman said it was normal for the party leadership to consult with the lawmakers.
Mu’azu added that the party would not disclose the strategy it would use to woo back members that defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC).
In attendance at the meeting were governors Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Liyel Imoke (Cross Rivers), Ibrahim Shema (Katsina), Ramalan Yero (Kaduna), Muazu Babangida Aliyu (Niger) and Theodore Orji (Abia).
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that deputy governors of Kogi and Jigawa States also attended the meeting.
The Governors of Anambra, Mr. Peter Obi and Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo came in briefly in company of Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, but left before the meeting began. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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