PDP members who defected because I lost presidential election would return with empty stomach - Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said all
members of the Peoples Democratic Party who defected to
the All Progressives Congress because he lost the March
28 presidential election would return with empty stomach.
Jonathan spoke shortly after receiving the report of the PDP
Presidential Campaign Organisation led by Senator Ahmadu
Ali at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said the leaders of the APC would first settle their
existing members before thinking of settling defectors.
He added that “food” may have finished before it gets to the
turn of the defectors to eat.
He also said though he did not consult anybody before
calling General Buhari to concede defeat, the president said
he did so on behalf of all members of the party.
“I still believe though we have lost presidential elections,
some national assembly elections, governorship
elections,especially in the north, PDP is still the dominant
party. Let us not judge PDP by the result of the presidential
elections.”
“Our duty is to go back and identify areas of challenges so
that the party will come up strong and play the role as a
very strong party. PDP is still the most organized party, is
still the party that is not owned by anybody, is still the party
that whatever you are you can get to any level with your
competences and so on.”
“So I encourage members of our party to remain loyal to
the party, not to be so disillusioned because we lost
presidential election and decide to go where they think they
will fill their stomachs or something. Is not easy I have been
here for five years plus, you hardly satisfy even 15 percent
of those who work for you.
“Those people running and those already cross-carpeting,
they will come back on an empty stomach because they will
touch the primary members of their party, before they get to
you, they know you are coming because you are hungry,
before it will get to you the food will be gone.”
While stressing that the PDP remains a formidable party,
president Jonathan insinuated that even in those areas
thatb “If you look at the result, the difference is just 2.5
million votes and if you look at the areas where it is
perceived that PDP scored so low, PDP couldn’t have gotten
those kinds of scores but the elections are over, the country
first.”
“It is not as if Jonathan alone made the sacrifice it’s all of
us. I made the pronouncement but some of us are paying
the prize. Some people pay more prize than I do, I know
how some of you are already being persecuted and the kind
of situation facing you. The key thing is that we must
continue to unite, as a party we must continue to work hard
so that as we go into subsequent elections 2019, 2023 and
so on and so forth, PDP will continue to come up strong.
Even in the interest of the nation, we need PDP.” He said. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS

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