Despite insinuations making the rounds, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin, has said that he never thought of floating a new political party with a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and others.
Jibrin, in a statement Tuesday wondered why he would team up with Tinubu who has been “condemning” the PDP.
The PDP BoT Chairman, who “wondered why anyone would abandon a well organised party like the PDP and join another party,” insisted that there is nothing wrong with the PDP.
Recall that has been awash recently of a report that Tinubu, Atiku and PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi may come together to form a mega opposition party before the end of March, 2017.
Reacting to the claim, the former Senator said, “I salute Tinubu’s courage for coming out to speak frankly about his position regarding this unfounded rumour and for setting the record straight.
“In Tinubu’s own reaction denouncing the report, he condemned the PDP and I can’t understand why anybody would think that we are going to form a new party with somebody who is condemning us.
“The PDP is a golden name, a party formed by respectable and dignified Nigerians dead and alive, like Alex Ekwueme, Jerry Gana, Solomon Lar, Adamu Ciroma, Aminu Wali, Sule Lamido and many others.
“It is, therefore, ridiculous to think that anyone would abandon a well organised party like the PDP and join another party. There is nothing wrong with the PDP, except for some characters within the party.”
