Niger State Governor, Aliyu
Babangida, has finally admitted that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was behind
the formation and registration of the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance
(APDA).
He stated this when he hosted
Raymond Dokpesi, an aspirant for national chairmanship of the party, in his
residence in Abuja.
Babangida recalled that after the
14 months leadership crisis that rocked the party, there was need to “rebuild,
re-brand and rejuvenate the party’’ ahead of the 2019 elections.
He said some PDP members actually
thought of preparing alternative party for committed members, should the recent
Supreme Court judgment become unfavourable for the party.
The former governor said that not
only was it agreed by some PDP members to be involved in the registration of
APDA, PDP also had discussion with 17 other political parties for coalition.
“Indeed, one of the parties gave
us their papers. There are some of us who said that should the judgment not end
well, we will leave PDP.
“Luckily, the judgment ended well
and that alternative plan is gone,” he said.
Earlier, Dokpesi had said that he
was consulting elders and leaders of the party as a peep into his ambition of
leading the party as its national chairman.
He said that unity and sanity
must return to PDP, adding that the party was in need of a visionary leader who
was committed to the ideals and values of the founding fathers.
“We need those that will be able
to build the party to make it able to face the challenges of the forthcoming
2019 general elections.”
Dokpesi said that he remained an
unrepentant member of PDP, and of the Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker
Committee even at the peak of the crisis.
“I never compromise one second to
look at Senator Ali Modu Sheriff but I made attempt to broker peace with him,”
he said.
He pledged to build a fearless
team that would rebuild PDP to win 2019 elections.
Dokpesi had on Thursday, visited
two former military Heads of State – Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen.
Abdulsalami Abubakar, in Minna.
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