The People’s Democratic Party has said that it was ready to receive former Vice President Atiku Abubakar back to the party.
It said that although it would accept Atiku back, but would not guarantee an automatic ticket for him to contest the Presidency in the 2019 general elections.
Chairman of the PDP’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Walid Jibrin, who spoke with journalists yesterday in Kaduna, said Atiku was free to dump the APC and join his teeming supporters and friends in the PDP.
“The North met in Abuja and said any party and any candidate from the North can contest. Let us get them. I think they are getting set now. For now, we have Shekarau, Lamido, Bafarawa and others preparing for the presidential ticket,” he said.
In the same vein, The Adamawa State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has renewed its call on former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to return to the party ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Mr Shehu Tahir, the state chairman of the party, made the call while speaking the party’s stakeholders meeting on Wednesday in Yola.
Tahir said: “ It is not a wise decision for Atiku to abandon the house he helped to build, so we want him back.’’
He said that the problem that led to the mass defection of former members of the party to other parties were over, hence the need for them to return.
“We are calling on Atiku Abubakar, who is among the PDP founding fathers, not to abandon the house he had helped to build.
“This is because the party needs him now to continue from where he stopped.’’
He also called on other stakeholders to help prevail on the former vice-president to return to the party.
“We urge our stakeholders to prevail on him and others who left to reconsider their decision and return to the party.”
On the 2019 general elections, the chairman said that the party was ready to provide a credible alternative to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
According to the chairman, the party’s doors are open to all Nigerians willing to join its fold, assuring that level playing ground would be provided to all members.
Mr Shehu Tahir, the state chairman of the party, made the call while speaking the party’s stakeholders meeting on Wednesday in Yola.
Tahir said: “ It is not a wise decision for Atiku to abandon the house he helped to build, so we want him back.’’
He said that the problem that led to mass defection of former members of the party to other parties were over, hence the need for them to return.