PDP national chairman, who also spoke to Sunday Tribune, said since he came on board, he had identified some leaders of the party that were not happy with the way things were being done, including the former president Goodluck Jonathan, and had assured them things would change.
He admitted that Jonathan had not been attending the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDP and had assured them he would do so henceforth.
“I can assure you that you will not hear of any defection from the PDP again whether at the state or national level.
“Since I came on board, we have been able to identify people that were not happy enough about the party and we went to beg and pacify them.
“I was with former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan. You should have read that in the papers. For some time, he has not been attending our NEC meetings. He assured me that he would henceforth be attending. This has laid to rest speculations over whether he is leaving the party.
“PDP remains the alternative party for Nigeria. Compare Nigeria under PDP to what it is now under APC. For example, we know the value of naira now. What is the price of petrol now? It was N87 in 2015 when Dr Jonathan was handing over to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015,” he said.
“We are capitalising on the demerits of APC, on what is currently happening in the nation: banditry all around, mismanagement of economy, the suffering of Nigerians today.
“Nigerians are poorer than they were in 2015. This is not an issue of campaign. Nigerians can see these things themselves. The economy of Nigeria has collapsed.
“The choice that Nigerians made in 2015 by voting for Buhari has turned out to be a disaster not just for Nigerians themselves, but also the economy of the country. Nigerians who voted for Buhari are regretting their action now, including the core North,” the PDP chairman said