Fani-Kayode Angry Over Saraki's Team Trying To Persuade Jonathan Not To Leave PDP

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Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed his anger over moves by former senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki-led team to persuade former President, Goodluck Jonathan not to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Two days ago, PDP leaders, led by Saraki went to Jonathan’s house with the sole agenda of persuading him not to leave PDP after several rumors had it that he might dump the party for APC to seek presidential ambition.

Saraki is leading the PDP Reconciliation and Strategy Committee to dialogue with aggrieved PDP members in a bid to strengthen the party ahead the 2023 presidential election.

But Fani-Kayode said it was Saraki who led a rebellion against Jonathan in 2014 and persuaded PDP governors to defect to the APC.

He said Saraki’s action and the defected governors cost Jonathan to lose the 2015 presidential election.

Fani-Kayode in a tweet wrote;

“Interesting to note that the man that led the team to GEJ’s house to appeal to him not to leave the PDP yesterday is the same man that led the rebellion against him and the defection of Governors from the same party in 2014 and cost him the 2015 presidential election. What an irony!” he tweeted.

Saraki has been making several moves at bringing PDP members together to strengthen the bond ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

After meeting with Jonathan with the team, Saraki also met with former governors elected under PDP, persuading them not to defect but come together to strategize for 2023.

“At today’s meeting with the former Governors that have been elected under the platform of the @OfficialPDPNig, they promised the members of the #PDPReconciliation & Strategy Committee that moving forward they will be more active in the affairs of the party at all levels,” Saraki had tweeted.