Dokpesi Under Fire As PDP Disowns AIT Boss

The apology credited to Raymond Dokpesi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national conference committee chairman, has been greeted with extreme revulsion by the party.

Dokpesi, on Tuesday, November 10, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made a mistake by allowing former President Goodluck Jonathan to run for re-election in the last presidential election.

However, Dokpesi’s remark has been countered by the Olisa Metuh, the national publicity secretary of the PDP, who in an interview with journalists in Abuja yesterday, said his statement (Dokpesi) did not in any way represent the official position of the PDP, Premium Times.

 

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh

Metuh said: “Dokpesi can only speak in his personal capacity and his opinion remains personal and did not represent that of the party.”

Dismissing Dokpesi’s claims that the PDP’s choice of former president Goodluck Jonathan as candidate in the 2015 presidential race was a mistake, Metuh said the decision was approved by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).

He added that the decision was also approved by the party’s National Executive Council (NEC), and the party’s National Caucus.

He said: “In addition, the Constitution of the party allows a sitting president the chance to exercise his personal right to run for a second term if he so desires.

“How can you regret a decision taken when everyone was there, the NWC, NEC and the national caucus?

“What are we talking about? Everybody was conscious of the decision; nobody was coerced into supporting the position.

“We are repositioning our party. What we should do is to join hands to reposition PDP based on Sen. Ike Ekweremadu’s report to reclaim the party’s lost glory. This is what is expected of us all at this time.”

 

Raymond Dokpesi, chairman DAAR communication

Dokpesi had on behalf of the PDP, apologised for mistakes the party made during its 16 years rule in the country.

The chairman of DAAR communication added that the PDP made the first mistake when it failed to retain the party’s 2011 presidential ticket in the North after the death of former President Umaru Yar ‘Adua and that a second one arose when Jonathan was made the sole presidential candidate of the party in the 2015 general election.

After apologising to all Nigerians and the party’s chieftains who felt offended by the action, Dokpesi said that it was normal for a party to make mistakes after staying in power for 16 straight years.

Source: Naij.com

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