33 Political Parties To Adopt Jonathan

The Patriotic Electoral Alliance of Nigeria (PEAN), has urged other political parties within the coalition to adopt President Goodluck Jonathan as their candidate for the April presidential elections.

PEAN is a coalition of 33 political parties formed with the objective of ensuring the emergence of credible leaders through credible elections.

It will be recalled that 23 political parties under the umbrella of PEAN adopted Jonathan in Lafia, Nasarawa State, during the flag off of the presidential campaign rally.

Alhaji Mohammed Shittu, National Chairman, Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN) and National Vice Chairman of PEAN, made the call on Tuesday in Abuja, in an interview with newsmen.

Shittu said that PEAN was discussing with other political parties on possible adoption of Jonathan, noting that the PDP flag bearer was the most credible presidential candidate.

He said the discussion and mobilisation for Jonathan had started yielding good results as more political parties had started joining the coalition.

“We were initially 22 political parties that adopted Jonathan, and now we are 26, discussion is still ongoing with other parties on possible adoption of Jonathan.

“We are sure that more political parties will toe the same line with us as the principal objective of PEAN is to ensure the emergence of credible leaders in Nigeria.

“We are convinced that Jonathan is the symbol of unity for Nigeria, and that is why we are calling on Nigerians to vote wisely in the April elections,” he added.

Shittu said that Jonathan had rekindled the hopes of the masses on speedy allocation of resources which would affect common Nigerians.

He noted that former President Olusegun Obasanjo had done well in the area of stabilising the polity and ensuring that the military did not encroach into Nigerian’s democracy.

President Goodluck Jonathan (middle) addressing Governors of the South-South as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearers for the April general elections, in Port Harcourt, last Saturday.