2019: We did not endorse Atiku - Bayelsa PDP

The Bayelsa Chapter òf the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it did not endorsed  Atiku Abubakar who visited the state, Wednesday to solicit support ahead 2019 presidential polls.

The state Chairman òf the party, Chief Moses Cleopas, said in a statement on that the visit of the former Vice President was not an endorsement of his aspiration to fly PDP’s flag in the 2019 polls.

He said that the doors of Bayelsa PDP remains open to all the aspirants seeking the party’s presidential ticket in the forth coming National convention of PDP.

According to the statement, the party would receive all aspirants and accord each of them the respect, hospitality and the courtesy they deserve.

He said the decision to welcome all aspirants enjoys the support of the leader of the party in Bayelsa, Gov Henry Seriake Dickson

The party chairman maintained that Bayelsa is a PDP state and thanked the leaders and members of the party for turning out en mass to receive a Presidential Aspirant,  Atiku Abubakar at a very short notice

He urged them to do same for other aspirants as they come visiting.

 He emphasised that while it was the position of the party to receive and hold consultative talks with all aspirants, the party in the state would not endorse any particular candidate before the convention.

Cleopas noted that the decision of who to endorse for Presidential candidacy of the party would be collectively taken by the state at the convention of the party.

 “The Bayelsa chapter of the PDP will receive all presidential aspirants under the platform of the party. The party in Bayelsa will ensure that all presidential aspirants wll be given a level playing ground.

“However, it is the position of the state chapter of the party that there would be no endorsement of any particular candidate before the convention.

“The position of the state would be decided collectively and expressed at the convention ground.” he said.

Cleopas said that it was encouraging that people of integrity with the requisite political clout were aspiring to run for the Presidency in the 2019 election on the platform of the PDP.

According to him the PDP had the strength to wrest political power from the APC in 2019, with its vast spread and visible presence in all the 774 local government areas and indeed every ward in the country.