President Goodluck Jonathan has charged all defectors from the PDP to return while they have the chance.
Jonathan said if the former members who defected to
other parties returned within the period, they would be on equal
pedestal with existing members and would enjoy the same privileges,
otherwise, they would have to be on the queue.
Jonathan, who was obviously impressed by the turnout of defectors
in Imo State, assured that there would be no discrimination against
them in the PDP.
He said: “The message today is very clear and I believe some of
my good friends are not here. We have opened the door for a few days.
You join us these few days, the position you occupy is the position any
other person will occupy. No discrimination.
“But if you don’t come and come later, you will queue behind your ward’s assistant chairman.
“So, the time to join us is now so that there will be nothing
like discrimination in anything. The party is open for everybody. Equal
rights and justice is guaranteed. We are a party that believes in
justice and so, we must also believe in equal rights.
The president, who insisted that the occasion was not a campaign
rally, said there will be no democracy in Nigeria without the PDP and
extolled its qualities, which he said anyone wishing to join a party
must consider.
“There will no democracy without PDP and the reasons are obvious.
In terms of ideology, since we started the PDP, the name has not
changed, identity has not changed, the logo has not changed, the motto
has not changed, our slogan has not changed.
“It shows that the party still believes in what they are because
we believe we are doing the right thing and there is no need for
mutation.”
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