The Tanimu Turaki (SAN)-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan has assured them of playing a more active role in the party.
Turaki stated this after a closed-door meeting the NWC had with the former president, where, according to him, party and national issues were discussed.
Turaki, accompanied by the entire NWC members and a few selected state chairmen of the PDP, arrived at Jonathan’s office in Maitama, Abuja, around 5:45 pm in six SUVs on Tuesday.
Speaking after the meeting, Turaki said the NWC came to introduce itself to Jonathan and to tell him what it has been doing since they assumed office after the National Convention that was held last November in Ibadan, Oyo State.
He said they briefed the former president on the state of the party, the challenges, the prospects, adding that they solicited the former president’s support, guidance and advice.
He said they have the former president’s “assurance that he’s still an active, card-carrying member of PDP, and will even be more active these days in the activities and affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party.”
He added, “And he has assured us that PDP has done everything for him that can be done to an individual, and that he still feels that he remains obligated to PDP.”
Turaki said the former president’s remarks and statements were reassuring, encouraging as “we begin to prepare for elections, off-season elections in Ekiti and Osun this year and the general election that are coming in 2027.”
Turaki said PDP remained the most veritable platform for standing and winning elections in Nigeria, adding that it was still the leading opposition party in this country.
Reacting to concerns over recognition of PDP’s governorship candidate in Ekiti State election, Turaki said the party does not have a problem with the recognition with regards to INEC.
He said they had sent notice of primaries to elect a gubernatorial flag bearer in Ekiti State to INEC, and that the commission followed, attended, and monitored the exercise and thereafter wrote a report on it.
