IBB to Secondus, others: provide better choice for Nigerians

Former military president Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has advised the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders to provide a better choice
for Nigerians.

Babangida spoke in Minna at the weekend while receiving members
of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), led by its National
Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.

A statement yesterday by the PDP National Publicity Secretary,
Kola Ologbondiyan, said the ex-military dictator expressed
satisfaction with the rebranding so far achieved by the party ahead
of the 2019 general elections.

“I am happy at your assurances that there will be no imposition
in all your primary elections. It is all about choice and you have
promised to provide the best choice,” Babangida was quoted to have
said.

He was said to have hailed the December elective national
convention of the PDP, and noted that not a few Nigerians believed
that the national convention will hold, adding however that the
outcome was successful.

“Your ‘Reposition, Rebrand and Regain’ agenda is working and I
mean particularly the rebranding. Some people believed that having
been in government since 1999, the PDP will find opposition
difficult but you are carrying on well and providing a better
alternative.

“You have also not abandoned the people in times of crisis. I
monitored your activities in Benue, Taraba and you just said your
party has sent members to Zamfara to commiserate with the people.
Surely, you have made the people the centre of your return and they
will not forget you because you were with them in time of sorrow,”
he was quieted to have said.

Secondus was said to have earlier told Babangida that former
Nigerian leaders must rally together to save the nation from the
present administration.

He lamented the killings and economic hardships, which Nigerians
contend with on a daily basis, stressing that the country has never
witnessed the type of division the people were facing.

Secondus said: “As a leader, you made the welfare of Nigerians
the thrust of governance. You were also concerned about the peace
and unity of this nation. You created and built people as well as
institutions.

“Today, our nation is drifting and as a leader you cannot afford
to keep quiet and watch on the sides. Leaders like you must come
together and take a firm position on how to save our nation from
the precipice.”

Former military president Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has advised the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders to provide a better choice
for Nigerians.

Babangida spoke in Minna at the weekend while receiving members
of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), led by its National
Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.

A statement yesterday by the PDP National Publicity Secretary,
Kola Ologbondiyan, said the ex-military dictator expressed
satisfaction with the rebranding so far achieved by the party ahead
of the 2019 general elections.

“I am happy at your assurances that there will be no imposition
in all your primary elections. It is all about choice and you have
promised to provide the best choice,” Babangida was quoted to have
said.

He was said to have hailed the December elective national
convention of the PDP, and noted that not a few Nigerians believed
that the national convention will hold, adding however that the
outcome was successful.

“Your ‘Reposition, Rebrand and Regain’ agenda is working and I
mean particularly the rebranding. Some people believed that having
been in government since 1999, the PDP will find opposition
difficult but you are carrying on well and providing a better
alternative.

“You have also not abandoned the people in times of crisis. I
monitored your activities in Benue, Taraba and you just said your
party has sent members to Zamfara to commiserate with the people.
Surely, you have made the people the centre of your return and they
will not forget you because you were with them in time of sorrow,”
he was quieted to have said.

Secondus was said to have earlier told Babangida that former
Nigerian leaders must rally together to save the nation from the
present administration.

He lamented the killings and economic hardships, which Nigerians
contend with on a daily basis, stressing that the country has never
witnessed the type of division the people were facing.

Secondus said: “As a leader, you made the welfare of Nigerians
the thrust of governance. You were also concerned about the peace
and unity of this nation. You created and built people as well as
institutions.

“Today, our nation is drifting and as a leader you cannot afford
to keep quiet and watch on the sides. Leaders like you must come
together and take a firm position on how to save our nation from
the precipice.”