President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday
appealed to all the Peoples Democratic Party-PDP aspirants who are aggrieved
as a result of the outcome of its primaries across the country not to
leave the party.
He said the party leadership was working hard to resolve the conflicts thrown up by the primaries in many states.
Jonathan spoke at the PDP Fund Raising Dinner, held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Many state chapters of the party are
currently enmeshed in controversy over alleged cases of imposition of
candidates, either by state governors or the national headquarters of
the PDP.
The situation has led to many party stalwarts leaving the party or threatening to leave.
Among those who have left to join the
opposition All Progressives Congress were Jonathan’s former Minister of
State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Samuel Ortom, after he failed to
clinch the party’s governorship ticket in Benue State.
Jonathan, however, said it was better for
aggrieved party members to remain in the system to correct whatever
they felt was wrong in the party than jumping ship.
Although he said conscious efforts were
being made to resolve the post-primaries crisis in some states, the
President admitted that all the cases might not be resolved to the
satisfaction of all the parties concerned.
He, however, said the party would be guided by the issues raised when preparing for the primaries of the 2019 elections.
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