A PDP National Working Committee member has said that the party leadership is not currently in discussions with Goodluck Jonathan or Peter Obi.
The source recently revealed that if either politician chooses to return to the party, he would be receive with mixed feelings.
Speaking to the press, he shared that while the party has not officially asked Peter Obi or GEJ to return to the party, some members are actually in discussion with them.
According to him, the people who jumped the gun to write the party off can now see that the People’s Democratic Party will be a force to reckon with in 2027.
He stated that PDP has a structure across all wards and local governments, hence his confidence.
“Well, the PDP has not officially reached out to these people. But some individuals are discussing with them, and not on behalf of the party.
PDP remains the only genuine political party that has the people at its center. Those who wrote the party off can now see that the PDP is the party to beat in the 2027 election. It is a party with structure across all wards, local governments, geopolitical zones, and states,” he said.
The source further noted that the PDP is more than prepared to accept any Nigerian who is ready to submit his or herself to the party’s rules.
He concluded by saying that GEJ abandoned the party after the 2015 election when he should’ve been spearheading its repositioning.
“That is why many Nigerians are trooping in and joining the party.
The PDP is open to all Nigerians who are ready to submit themselves to the party’s rules. This includes former President Jonathan and Obi.
However, the PDP will receive both Jonathan and Obi with mixed feelings, because they dumped the party at a critical time when the party needed them, and their previous actions affected the party’s fortunes.
Jonathan abandoned the party after the 2015 election, at a time when he should have been leading the party and repositioning it. Obi also left in the heat of the 2019 elections, and his defection, no doubt, affected the party’s performance in that year’s presidential election.
So, while we welcome as many Nigerians as possible, we will receive Jonathan and Obi based on these reasons, with the hope that they will submit themselves to the party’s rules and will not come to dictate to the party. Whatever they want to achieve can be achieved through the PDP, but they must be willing and ready to participate in a level playing field for all, because that is what our party stands for,” he added.
