PDP Remains The Party To Beat, Says Jonathan

[Shola Sholaz]

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) notwithstanding, puts the party as one to beat in the country come 2015.
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The President made this disclosure on Saturday in Paris in an interview he granted to selected pressmen at the close of a two-day summit on peace and security in Africa, hosted by President Francois Hollande of France.
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Reacting to the recent defection of some of the seven aggrieved governors of the PDP to the expressed that while the party would continue to pursue the path of reconciliation, the move by the governors would not hamper the success of the PDP in future elections.
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"We want those governors to come back to PDP, but in an event where some of them feel it is better outside, they can also go and try.
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"We will work harder to make sure that we get more supporters so that at the end of the day, that equilibrium will be maintained.
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"But I still believe that in Nigeria today, PDP is still the party to beat.
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"As they are leaving the ruling party to the opposition, there are other key political actors who are ready to come to PDP.