The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih has said that President Goodluck Jonathan will contest the 2015 elections. Anenih also said that victory in the upcoming Osun gubernatorial elections was a foregone conclusion.
Tribune reports:
CHAIRMAN, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT), Chief Tony Anenih, on Tuesday, in Calabar, Cross River State, said President Goodluck Jonathan will contest the presidential election in 2015 on PDP platform.
Anenih said this while addressing party faithful at the maiden zonal tour of the South-South by the new PDP chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.
“I want the national chairman to go home with a word from the father that come 2015, Jonathan will run for presidency for the second term,” he said.
Anenih added that the party was becoming stronger in the South-South, adding that “if we continue like this, the load in 2015 will be lighter than that in 2011.”
The BOT chairman further said the party had worked hard for the governorship election in Osun, adding that PDP was sure of clinching victory in the election.
“We are working and we are sure that we will win Osun on Saturday,” he said.
The national chairman, Alhaji Mu’azu, said the party would ensure that internal democracy prevailed in its choice of candidates for various elective positions in 2015.
Mu’azu said the party would not entertain any short-cut or favouritism in selecting the candidates, adding that as the ruling party, PDP would set a good example on internal democracy.
“The opposition has seen that we are winning in all fronts and they are ready to destroy us. Therefore, let us be careful as we are in a very trying time,’’ he said.
Governor Ibrahim Dankwanbo of Gombe State, speaking at the event, said the North-East PDP was in full support of Jonathan-led administration.
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