Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, expressed
concerns over the continuity of the Peoples Democratic Party, admitting that
losing the 2023 presidential election may send the party into political
oblivion.
Atiku voiced his concerns while speaking with the PDP Board
of Trustees members during a Consultative meeting in Abuja.
Explaining that the party might not survive another eight
years as an opposition party, Atiku said he was worried that he, alongside the
BoT members, would be “retired politically” should another party win the
election.
He said, “I am worried and you should be worried too that if
we do not win, it means we will be in opposition again for the next eight
years.
“By the next eight years, I don’t know how many of us will
be left in politics and it may even ultimately lead to the death of the party
because people gravitate, particularly in developing countries, towards
governments.
“So this is a very crucial and historical moment in history,
for our survival.”
Suggesting possible strategies that could ensure PDP victory
in 2023, the former vice president said the PDP should devise its in-house
strategy rather than play catch up.
He added that there was no need for PDP to play into the
gallery by adopting zoning for its presidential slot on the sole basis that the
ruling party adopted it.
“We invented and formulated this zoning policy simply
because we wanted every part of this country to have a sense of belonging and I
personally have paid my dues on the issue of zoning.
“Therefore, you cannot come and try to imply that the PDP
has not been following the zoning policy.
“The many years of PDP government eight years and six years
all of them were from the south. So, we should not be stampeded by the
opposition party. They have a moral obligation,” he said.
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