Newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has said the party will serve the All Progressives Congress (APC) quit notice in 2019.
Secondus said this during his acceptance speech, after he defeated Raymond Dokpesi and Tunde Adeniran in the chairmanship race.
What he said:
“Let me assure you great members and leaders of our party, that by the grace of God and with all hands on deck, the brief tenancy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Aso Rock Villa expires on May 28, 2019. By this, we serve them a quit notice,” he said.
He added, “In the words of the 34th President of the United States of America Dwight Eisenhower, ‘If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power’.
“Judging from this, it is crystal clear to all Nigerians, that APC is not a political party, but a body hurriedly assembled to seize power without a clear-cut plan for governance.”
He said his party, the PDP, is founded on the same vision of Nigeria’s founding fathers.
“Those founding fathers had in mind, a prosperous and lasting democracy as captured in the preamble of our constitution, clearly stating their desire for a free and egalitarian society,” he said.
“Even in our perceived failure of 2015, we chose to abide by our strong faith in democracy, willingly conceding power to opposition, thereby elevating the democratic status of Nigeria. We are true democrats.”
Secondus added that the PDP has immensely contributed to Nigeria’s democracy in the last 18 years.
“I can, therefore, say without an iota of doubt that PDP’s contributions to the growth and sustenance of democracy in this country in the last 18 years remain unequalled,” he said.
“With your mandate, I assure you that all necessary steps will be taken to avoid a repeat of our past mistakes. Indeed, we have learnt our lessons and by this convention, we are now set to forge a new path for our great party and Nigeria,” he added.
“Under my watch, internal democracy will be strictly adhered to with a deliberate policy to return ‘real’ power to the people. No more imposition, no more impunity. Every member of this party can from this moment consider him or herself an equal shareholder in our common destiny.”
As it stand today after Wike have finally succeed to rename Regional Party as PUMELLING DECAYING PARTY’ What an easy ride for APC in 2019. PDP is a history and as dead and buried like NPN. WIKE / FAYOSE have succeeded to rendered PUMELLING DECAYING PARTY a graveyard’ THE GREAT ODUDUWA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR A RIDE BY WIKE AND FAYOSE..PDP is now a history in yorubaland.