The Organising Committee Chairman of the recently concluded Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national conference, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has debunked media reports claiming he apologised for the alleged misrule of the party.
The Chairman emeritus of Daar Communications, owners of African Independent Television (AIT)/Raypower FM station, had been in the news for saying that PDP made the mistake of fielding former president, Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate in the March 28 presidential election.
He was also quoted to have apologised for the misrule of the PDP in the last 16 years.
But in a statement he personally signed, Dokpesi debunked the reports, saying he was “not only an unrepentant admirer, supporter and die hard follower of Jonathan but, indeed, a party member.”
According to the statement, “What I said at the media briefing was that PDP governments were run by human beings who are not perfect and may have made mistakes. I cited the example of the party’s zoning agreement nationwide, which buckled in the face of incumbents who had preferred and pliant candidates and went on to subvert the people’s choice on who to represent them leading to defeats at the polls.
“I tendered an apology to PDP members nationwide for actions like that,” he stated.
Dokpesi said he was not ignorant of the tactics of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to “undo the PDP and set its members against one another in order to pave way for one party system,” adding that “such efforts would not see the light of the day.”
He applauded Jonathan’s achievements in many sectors of the economy, saying Nigerians will soon commend Jonathan for his sincerity of purpose in government.
“I call on all PDP members nationwide to discountenance the misleading reports as the party has no apologies to offer anyone for its years of rule at the centre and a majority of the states,” the statement noted.
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