BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Friday assured the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), of his commitment to the party and Nigeria as a whole whether he gets the presidential ticket or not.
Atiku, who gave the assurance when he paid a visit to the national headquarters of the PDP in Abuja, during which he met with members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), praised the leadership of the party for ensuring a free, fair and transparent election at the recently conducted Ekiti gubernatorial primaries.
The former Vice President, who is one of the leading contenders for the presidential ticket of the PDP said that one of the reasons for visiting the party’s headquarters is to formally put the party on notice of his intention to present himself as an aspirant for the exalted office of the President of Nigeria under the party.
He said: “Let me start by commending the NWC for piloting a free, fair and transparent primaries in Ekiti. I believe if we sustain this, PDP will do exploits with this precedents you have set, PDP will regain its prominence. I wish to congratulate the members of the NWC as managers of the party and your performance is indicative of how Nigerians see the party,” he said.
Responding on behalf of the NWC, National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, said the leadership has vowed to return the party to the original vision of its founding fathers.
Secondus also said; “We have total commitment to run a free, fair and transparent processes. We will conduct all election primaries with the utmost fear of God. We cannot allow Nigeria to collapse.”
