We Will Bring Back Our Defecting Members..Bamanga Tukur

 PDP National Chairman,Bamanga Tukur told a team of Nigerian professionals   in Europe on Wednesday in London , that  measures being put in place by  the PDP leadership   and  President Goodluck Jonathan,  would encourage  those who defected from the ruling party to return on their own.

Although Tukur   did not mention the names of the defectors, he  apparently  had in mind,  the  five former- Amaechi, Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara);  Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto);   Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); and Musa Kwankwaso (Kano).

Apart from the five  governors, 37 members of the House of Representatives have also left the PDP  for the APC. Some  senators are said to be planning to defect soon.

In spite of this,  Tukur  said  the PDP  had been    welcoming more members into its fold compared to the number of those who had defected.

He  claimed  that going by the undercurrents within the political circles, the ruling  party would  experience an  influx of new members this year.

According to him, many members of   opposition   parties, including the  APC, have  already signified their readiness to join the PDP.

A statement from  his office explained that the professionals had sought audience with the PDP chairman on their interest to return to Nigeria with a view to offering their expertise in diverse fields for the growth of the country.

He told  the  professionals who are mostly   medical doctors, information technology  experts  and engineers, that the PDP had always been in pursuit of reforms to make it stronger as Nigeria’s ruling party.

Tukur said what was happening in the PDP  was  rejuvenation, which  many  viewed  as a crisis.

He said, “The PDP remains a party with the largest spread and tested strength to win elections any day, any time. I urge  all our members   in Nigeria not to be browbeaten by images of political delusion that confront them every day from different quarters.

“The PDP is at home to contain all forms of 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 would have it greater.

“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 trust the PDP more than many people are aware of.”

Although  Tukur  admitted that the PDP  was not  having  things  smoothly   at the moment, he  said   his     team and the President were not relenting  on  their   consultations with  aggrieved members of the party.

“The  PDP would, at the end of it all,  be   better and more prepared to do greater exploits. Our members should, therefore, enjoy the   Yuletide and not allow any issue to keep them distracted and depressed,”  he said.