The Deputy National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Timothy Osadolor, has made a fresh call for the leaders of the party to put aside personal interests and work for the party’s interest in the 2027 elections.
According to him, winning the 2027 presidency is not rocket science, but the party has to close ranks and operate as a single unit.
Osadolor appealed to former PDP leaders, including ex-presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, state governors, and others, to fully return and back the party.
Speaking during an interview with Daily Independent, which was published on Monday and monitored by Henzodaily, the PDP chieftain submitted that if the PDP stakeholders can come together, the party would reclaim its place in Nigeria’s politics.
He said: “Going to the villa is not rocket science. The trust and mandate of the people under the mercy of our Lord God is all that is required. Therefore, I call on major power blocks within the party and our grand leader….Gen Olusegun Obasanjo, alongside former President Goodluck Jonathan to come back home and take their pride of place in the PDP.
“In the same vein, I call on the 2019, 2023 flag bearer of the PDP, our leader, Waziri of Adamawa, H.E Atiku Abubakar to come, provide leadership, party politics and ambitions are intertwined. It’s not a relationship best oiled every four years, it needs watering, communication and availability.
“I also charge our Governors to give the party tacit support and not individual support to personal friends in the NWC.”
Appeal To Wike
On the face-off between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and the PDP, Osadolor appealed to both parties to bury their hatchets.
He submitted that Wike is an asset to the party, and if he’s pushed away from the PDP, he would become an unresolvable liability.
“I will be wrong if I do not appeal to Gov Wike to lay down his grouse for peace to reign and bring his charismatic spirit to work for PDP. No one should delude himself or herself to begin to think of wishing away an asset like Wike. If you do, he becomes an unresolveable liability to you. Time should have taught us all lessons and the time to heal and regroup is now. PDP needs her pathfinders, Sen Iyorchia Ayu is top on this list, Attahiru Bafarawa is on this list, there are others,” Osadolor said.