No Automatic Ticket For Atiku. - PDP

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said there was no automatic ticket for former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, if he returns to the party because of presidential ambition.

The party said anyone, including Atiku, who returns to the party would be allowed to contest whatever office once he meets the party’s constitutional requirements, but insisted that there would be no automatic ticket.

The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, while speaking with newsmen yesterday in Abuja, said Atiku was one of the founding fathers of the party but must pass through the hurdles like every other person if he is interested in the party’s ticket.

He said Atiku’s defection to the APC was a huge mistake, adding that he had realised the truth and the truth had set him free.

“The day the APC was born marked a tragedy for Nigeria. It has been a monumental disaster for Nigeria. There is nothing progressive in them. Everything about them is unprogressive. Everything about them is complete disaster. It is human to make mistakes because we are not infallible. We have no knowledge of what will happen in the future. Human beings can always be deceived. But in John 8: 32, the Bible says; ‘And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.’

“I believe Atiku Abubakar has come to know the truth like he said in the statement that he had now known the truth. The APC platform is the worst platform in the history of politics in Nigeria.

“The PDP is democratic party. If you come in, you are free to contest elections once you meet our constitutional requirements, but we can’t give automatic ticket to anybody just like that”.