A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic
Party, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan will
not run for the Presidency in 2019 against the APC.
“We have a strong presence in the
South-South, South-East and we have two
governors in the South-West. We are going to slug it out together in the North
in 2019. We are going to flush out the APC in 2019 because we are going to
correct our mistakes and take back the central government.“We have a strong presence in the
“Jonathan will not contest the 2019 presidential election. PDP will look for a strong Hausa/Fulani presidential candidate to contest against General Muhammadu Buhari.
He said he was sure that the President would not seek to contest the 2019 presidential election although “the people of the South-South have the right to present a candidate for the election, I’m sure the President will not contest; He will lead us to against the All Progressives Congress.”
The former Minister of Transport said PDP’s National Executive Council, the BoT and Elders’ Caucus would meet soon in Abuja to assess the outcome of the general elections.
He said, “We are going to restructure our party. The National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, will convene a meeting in two weeks’ time when we will objectively discuss the last elections.
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