PDM!!! "We haven’t endorsed Jonathan for Presidency"

 

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), Alhaji Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim has warned against the use of the name of the party in endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the March 28, 2015 Presidential election.
                     The PDM Chairman said in a statement in Abuja that the party has already endorsed the APC presidential candidate as its candidate for the election and dissociate itself from a group which addressed a news conference in Akure in the name of the party endorsing the president.
                      
According to him, those who addressed the Press conference has no mandate to speak for the party as they were no card carrying members of the PDM having dumped the party in June 2014.
The statement reads “Our attention has been drawn to a press conference, addressed by some aggrieved members of APC who defected to the party from PDM last year, at which they endorsed the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming presidential election.
“The press conference was held on Monday, March 16th, 2015 in Akure, capital of Ondo State. These APC members turned PDP agents are, reportedly, aggrieved that APC had not met their expectation during its last presidential primary and are unhappy with the position PDM has taken in support of the candidature of General Muhammadu Buhari.

“Since they are not card-carrying members of PDM, they do not speak for PDM nor have any basis for doing so. While we wish them luck with their new project of supporting President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming election, we call on them to desist from using the name of PDM in this obviously sponsored and commercial misadventure. They should find another platform to realise their aspiration since PDM is not for the highest bidder.
“The National Executive Committee of PDM had, at its meeting of January 22, 2015 unanimously, without any dissension, resolved to support the candidature of General Muhammadu Buhari and our Party will stand by that commitment until the end.
“Our members are already busy canvassing for support for Gen. Buhari across the country and will not be distracted from doing so. These political jobbers should please leave PDM out of their Jonathan-for-president misadventure.”