Why I boasted that PDP will rule for 60 years – Ogbulafor

 

Former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, has finally explained why he said the party would rule for 60 years.
DAILY POST recalls that Ogbulafor made the controversial comment in 2008 while he was occupying the top seat.
His words: “Some time ago, I used to read in the newspapers that the umbrella of the PDP is torn. Each time I read that, I would laugh and then say to myself that the umbrella is still strong and very intact and ready to accommodate more people.

“The PDP is a party for all and it is set to rule Nigeria for the next 60 years. I don’t care if Nigeria becomes a one-party state. We can do it and the PDP can contain all,” he told Vanguard.
Explaining why he uttered the statement, the Abia-born politician stated: “When I was PDP chairman, there was peace in PDP and I brought in four non-PDP states: Abia, Imo, Sokoto and Bauchi.

“28 states were under me: 28 PDP governors under PDP then and a good number of National Assembly members and that was why I said PDP would be in office for 60 years.”
He also recalled how he counselled former President Goodluck Jonathan not to tamper with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, warning him that such may have dire consequences.

“I advised him not to touch the structure of governors. He went and tampered with the structure; that was when they said 16 is greater than 19.
“So, some solid governors left the party: people like Amaechi, Saraki and Wamakko. Those are areas where you get a good number of voters. When they left, the party collapsed.”