The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the party's constitution has been amended to allow former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and other new entrants contest the 2019 general elections. The party made its position known to Punch in an interview with the National Publicity, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan. The statement maintained that the amended constitution made it possible to accommodate the defectors as it fights to take back power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2019.
“We are not closing our doors to new entrants who want to contest the party ’s presidential ticket. Our doors are open to them. We have amended our constitution to take care of their interest as well as those of other members. We are looking for credible people to fly our ticket in 2019.
We have amended the constitution , which has now reduced the years that defectors can stay in the party before contesting election from two years to just six months.”
Atiku recently dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress to the PDP to actualize his presidential ambition. He is however yet to publicly declare his interest.
