The Peoples Democratic Party has said that negotiations with 11 additional groups that have contacted the party about forming a working alliance are still proceeding ahead of the February 25 presidential election.
This happened following comparable negotiations between the ruling All Progressives Congress and other smaller parties 24 hours earlier.
The party has started talks with up to a dozen parties, and Ibrahim Abdullahi, the party’s deputy national publicity secretary, stated in a phone chat with our correspondent on Wednesday that more organizations are welcome to join.
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He said, “There are a good number of them, but it will not be wise to publicly list them out. At the last time I checked, we were in talks with over 11 of them.
“They approached us to express their willingness to partner with us towards ensuring credible elections in 2023. That is the way they put it, but you and I know what that means.
“These are parties with candidates who are not strong enough. I can confirm to you that there is a working arrangement, and we want to see more of such parties or groups. Together, we will salvage this country.
“They know the strength of the PDP and the pedigree of its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.”
According to Newsmen, when Atiku first stood for president on the PDP platform, both the Peoples Coalition Party and the All Grassroots Alliance supported him in the 2019 election.
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