By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barrister Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN) has, emphatically, declared that the task of taking Nigeria and Nigerians to the promised land is possible and doable.
Turaki made this declaration on Wednesday in Abuja at a meeting with 29 States’ Chairmen of the party held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua centre in Abuja.
This is as Turaki reiterated his earlier promise that the PDP, under his leadership, will be taken back to the people, “because we believe that what distinguishes PDP from other political parties is that we allow our people to own up the process, to own up all processes”.
According to the PDP National Chairman, “Whenever Nigerians speak, they beg, they plead: If you can’t take us anywhere further, please take us back to where we were in 2015.
“I say to Nigerians out there that we have listened to you. We are not taking you back to 2015 when we left. We will take over power by the special grace of God in 2027.
“And thereafter, we will begin the journey to taking Nigeria and Nigerians to the promised land. It’s possible, it’s doable, we’ve done it before, and we’re going to do it again”, he pointed out.
Speaking about the meeting of yesterday against the backdrop of the crisis within the PDP, Turaki said, “So when you look at 29 state chairmen sitting with us, with apologies coming from two, then when you also take into account the fact that there were some certain chapters that were dissolved, and so do not have leadership constituted presently, which we are planning to do in due course, then tell me, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, who is not here?
“If all the state chairmen are here with us, then who is it that is not with us?
“If all the state chairmen are supporting us, then who, sincerely speaking, can be fighting us? So this is something for the whole world to see.
“These are known faces, these are veterans in their right, and they are here physically, not visually, and they are here in person, not via representation.
“So as far as PDP is concerned, I think it speaks for itself. People now know where the leadership of PDP is, and people know who the true leaders of the party are, and of course we are the leaders, the genuine bona fide leaders of the people”, he stressed.
