Turaki-led PDP NWC visits ex-VP Sambo, seeks return to ‘Winning Days’

As part of moves to reposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) on Tuesday paid a consultative visit to former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, at his Abuja residence.

Speaking to journalists after the closed-door meeting, Turaki said that the party was being repositioned to reclaim its status as Africa’s largest political party and return to its “winning days.”

He described the visit as an essential step aimed at introducing the new NWC members to Sambo as well as to brief him on the prospects and challenges facing the PDP after its recently elective National Convention in Ibadan

Turaki said that the former vice president provided generous advice and guidance on repositioning the party as a formidable winning platform.

“The most important thing for us this evening is the assurance that His Excellency had given us that he is and will continue to remain a member of the PDP. His excellency had assured us that very soon that he will become more active than he used to be. He assured us that should there be anything at any time that requires his attention, that we should not hesitate to run to him and he will be up and doing. He will be there for us. We are happy that the leaders behind the PDP’s past successes are firmly with us,” Turaki stated.

He expressed confidence that with the backing of the party’s founding fathers, the PDP was on course to win upcoming elections, including the FCT Area Council polls and the off-season governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States.

Asked if former President Goodluck Jonathan would be contesting on the party’s platform, Turaki maintained that the party had already decided to zone its presidential ticket to the Southern part of Nigeria.

Reacting to the dismissal of Samuel Anyanwu’s case at the FCT High Court, Turaki described the judgment by Justice M. Umar as a “vindication” for the PDP family.

He argued that the court’s decision reinforced the principle that the judiciary should not meddle in internal political party matters.