Newly-appointed
national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, on
Wednesday vowed to lead the party to regain control of the federal government
in 2019.
Mr.
Sheriff said nothing would stop his party, which lost power in 2015, from
ousting the current All Progressives Congress’ administration.
Mr.
Sheriff is a founding member of the All Progressives Congress. He defected to
the PDP in 2014 ahead of national elections in 2015.
He
gave his remarks on Wednesday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, during a
thanksgiving service organised to mark the victory of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu
at the Supreme Court.
The
court had on February 3 affirmed Mr. Okezie’s victory in the April 11, 2015
governorship election.
Mr.
Sheriff, a former senator and governor of Borno State, who was named PDP
national chairman on Tuesday night, said the PDP would soon come out with its
master plan on how it would defeat the All Progressives Congress from power.
“We
are here today, we are starting from here, and we are going to Aso Rock, Insha
Allah by 2019,” the PDP chairman said.
“We
will head from here and we will do it together. This my long cap is prepared to
lead my colleagues and brothers to Aso Rock, Insha Allah.
“By
the grace of Allah nothing will deter this party from going to Aso Rock in
2019. By the time we put down our master-plan I am sure they (APC) will go back
to where they came from. And Insha Allah, nothing will stop us.”
-Premium Times
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