PDP can still rule Nigeria for 60 years – IBB

Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) has said that the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) will not only take back power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) but go ahead to rule for 60 successive years, if the schisms rocking the party are solved.

He said this at his country home in Minna when the Strategy and Inter-Party Affairs Committee of the party led by Jerry Gana presented its report on how to move the party forward, to him.

According to the foxy statesman, the PDP was the only political party, whose presence had been felt, known and accepted by the people.

He claimed that “PDP’s presence is felt not only in Abuja or Lagos, but down to the lowest level.

“ If you go to the grassroots, the ordinary man will talk about PDP; that is the asset the party has and should use to spring back to reckoning.

“Already, it is accepted and known. All you have to do is work harder and try to convince the people back to your fold,” he said.

Before IBB made his remarks, Jerry Gana had urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to allow opposition political parties to always voice their opinion on issues.

Gana also advised the APC to allow rival parties to develop so as to offer Nigerians other options “at all times”.

“The presence of opposition is key to democratic growth; we must allow Nigerians to listen to the other side,” he said.