PDP names Ahmadu Ali as Jonathan's campaign Director

VThe national leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party may not appeal to members who defected from the party as a result of the rancour that followed its just-concluded primarie
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The party has also named a former National Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, as the Director-General, Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation. It was also learnt that the party had foreclosed talking to those who moved to other political parties where they felt they could achieve their political aspirations. Among those who left were a former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Bayo Alao-Akala, who is now a member of the Labour Party; a former Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Samuel Ortom (All Progressives Congress); and a former National Chairman of the party, Senator Bernabas Gemade. Many other aggrieved members of the party, despite the plea by President Goodluck Jonathan not to leave the PDP, have also left the party as a result of the controversial primaries.
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The President had on Saturday appealed to them not to leave, saying that the leadership of the party was working hard to resolve the conflicts thrown up by primaries in many states. Despite this, the party said there was no mass exodus among its members, adding that in politics, while some were leaving a political party, others would be joining. The National Secretary of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo, in answers to questions from our correspondent in Abuja on Monday, said there was nothing to fear concerning those who left the party.

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