“No Sanction on IBB”, Says PDP

Daily Independent

26 April 2011

“No Sanction on IBB”, Says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday denied any plan to impose sanctions on the trio of its former Presidential aspirants, Ibrahim Babangida, Aliyu Gusau and Atiku Abubakar, over alleged anti-party activities. The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Ahmed Rufai Alkali, said stories making the rounds that the party has met and taken a decision to punish them for not giving their support to the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in the just-concluded presidential election, which Jonathan won, was a big lie. It would be recalled that Gusau stepped  down for Atiku as instructed by the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) before the party’s primary, which Jonathan won.

Atiku and his group refused to accept the victory of Jonathan and refused to congratulate him after his success at the April 16 Presidential poll.