One of the presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Saturday apologised to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, for describing his administration as the worst in the history of Nigeria.
Kwankwaso tendered the apology during his speech at the ongoing PDP National Convention holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Kwankwaso said: “I believe today is the right day to apologize to our former administration; the administration we thought was the worst government.
“Today, we know better our ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.”
The main opposition party is currently electing its presidential candidate to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2019 presidential election.
There are 13 aspirants jostling for the sole ticket of the party.
Among the aspirants hoping to grasp the party’s single ticket are former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal; former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso; A two-time Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, and a former Minister of Education and two-time Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau.
Others are two-time Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi: Attahiru Bafarawa, a former governor of Sokoto state; the Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo; a former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki; A former member of the House of Representatives, Datti Baba-Ahmed; the immediate past President of the Senate, David Mark; and a former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah David Jang.
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