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2011: PDP Must Reclaim States Lost To Opposion Parties – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the major task before the PDP in the 2011 general elections is to reclaim states lost to opposition parties in the 2007 elections.
Obasanjo said this in Akure on Saturday at the grand reception/rally organised by the party to welcome Mr Jimoh Ibrahim and others into the party.
He added that the party would be repositioned before 2011 to reclaim the lost states.
Obasanjo said the party was battle ready to confront any political party that was planning to unleash violence in the next elections.
The former president, who said he was shocked by the loss of Ondo State to the Labour Party, urged PDP members to be united and work as a team to dislodge other political parties in future elections.
“There is a big task ahead of the party in 2011; we must all work together to make sure that PDP remained a formidable party in Nigeria.
“Our doors are opened for those who have defected to other political parties to come back,” he said.
“I personally did not expect what happened in Ondo State, but we have put the issue behind us.
“What we are doing today is not a rally alone, but to welcome new members to our party,” Obasanjo added.
He advised aspirants jostling for different positions in the party to shun any act that could lead to unnecessary division in the party.
“All aspirants who want to represent our party in the next elections must be ready to work together as a team; we don’t want violence to reign supreme.
“We are not to going to promote violence, but we are ready to confront any party that is planning to unleash violence,” Obasanjo said.
He called on party members in the state not to wait till the 2013 governorship election, but to put all hands on deck to win all the elective positions in the 2011 elections.
The National Vice Chairman, South West of the party, Alhaji Tajudeen Oladipupo, said that more heads would roll in the ongoing restructuring in the party, adding that the cleansing would be extended to the states.
He lauded the maturity displayed by the former National Chairman of the party, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, who resigned recently, to face trial over allegations of financial misappropriation.
The party official said Ogbulafor’s action had further given the party credibility among Nigerians.
“His decision to resign when he was still being probed is a laudable development, which has further enhanced the image of the party.
“We also appeal to our aggrieved leaders to bury their hatchets and work for the success of the party,” he said.
The former Governor of the state, Dr Olusegun Agagu, said the rally marked the tuning point of recovering the party’s “stolen mandate in the state.”
He accused the present government in the state of deliberately abandoning projects his administration was executing before it was sacked by the Court of Appeal.
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