Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may perish if the party fails to win the 2023 Presidential election.
Atiku, a presidential aspirant made the disclosure during an interactive session with Board of Trustees (BoT) members to seek their support in Abuja on Tuesday.
“I am worried and you should be worried too that if we do not win, it means we will be in opposition again for the next eight years.
“By the next eight years, I don’t know how many will be left in politics and it may even ultimately lead to the death of the party because people gravitate, particularly in developing countries, towards governments.
“Ordinary people naturally gravitate towards the government. So this is a very, very crucial and historical moment in history, for our survival. I want you to think about it.
“We are now at a crucial moment in this country. Many of you here, it is either we retire together or we move on together” Abubakar said.
He added that there was no need for PDP to play into the gallery by adopting zoning for its presidential slot on the sole basis that the ruling party adopted it.
“We invented and formulated this zoning policy simply because we wanted every part of this country to have a sense of belonging and I personally have paid my dues on the issue of zoning.
“Therefore, you cannot come and try to imply that the PDP has not been following the zoning policy.
“The many years of PDP government eight years and six years all of them were from the south. So, we should not be stampeded by the opposition party. They have a moral obligation,” he said.
The Chairman of the BoT, Sen. Walid Jubrin assured that the BoT would provide a level playing field for all aspirants.
