Tukur: Amaechi, Wamakko, Kwankwaso, others ‘ll come back to PDP‏

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NATIONAL Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Bamanga Tukur
has said the five PDP governors, who defected
to the All Progressives Congress (APC), will
return to the ruling party.
Tukur said the measures President Goodluck
Jonathan and the leadership were putting
together would make the defectors to return
to their former party.
Five PDP governors, last November, defected
to the APC. They are: Rotimi Amaehi (Rivers),
Musa Kwankwaso (Kano), Murtala Nyako
(Adamawa), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) and
Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara).
Also, 37 PDP House of Representatives
members defected to the APC last month.
Several chieftains of the ruling party have
defected to the opposition party, while many
others are contemplating dumping the PD.
The PDP chairman, in a statement yesterday
in Abuja, was quoted to have said that more
members had been joining the ruling party.
Tukur was quoted to have spoken during an
interactive session with some members of the
Nigerian community in London.
He said: “Going by the undercurrents within
the political circles, the PDP will swell with the
influx of new members this year. Many
members from the opposition camp have
already signified their resolve to join the PDP.”
Tukur said the PDP recently underwent
rejuvenation, which he said many interpreted
as crises.
According to him, the PDP wouldemerge
stronger, virile and prepared to surpass its
attainments at the end of the wrangling.
He said: “The PDP remains a party with the
largest spread and tested strength to win
elections any day, any time. I thank you for
this visit. I urge our members not to be
beaten by images of political delusion that
confront them everyday.
“The PDP is at home to contain the
harassment by the opposition – either
vaunted or intended. If it is a game of
number in any election, you can always count
that the PDP will have it in greater number.
“The good thing is that if five people move
out of the PDP into the other party, even by a
dint of propaganda, the party takes in more
than 500 at a time, as replacement. The
electorate in Nigeria trusts the PDP more than
many are aware of.
“As the chairman of the PDP, let me say that
we may not be having it smooth at the
moment. The party and Mr President are not
relenting in holding consultations with the
aggrieved members.
“At the end, the PDP will triumph.