12th October, 2021
Former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris has declared his intention to contest for the position of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman in the National Convention of the party scheduled for October 30th and 31st.
Idris who made the declaration before the enlarged PDP members from Kogi state and the North- Central in Abuja, said his intention is to reposition the main opposition party to wrestle power from the All Progressives Congress, APC led federal government in 2023.
He expressed worry over the exodus of top members of the party in recent time, a development he attributed to leadership gap in the party in the last last few years.
Ibrahim Idris, however, promised to reverse the ugly trend.
The former governor stated that the status of the party as the most popular political party in the West African sub-region, need to be rejuvenated and redirected towards bailing Nigeria out of the current leadership gap in 2023.
He promised to lead the PDP back to victory in 2023 election, as one of the experienced members of the party who had remained with the party through thick and thin.
Idris urged the party stakeholders both at state,local governments and national level to rally round him, with a view to returning the country to sane democratic governance in 2023 with the election of PDP.