General Ibrahim Babangida has quelled rumours that the leadership of the PDP is set to handpick him as a presidential candidate in the year 2019 to challenge the APC.
Ibrahim Babangida
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, yesterday dismissed insinuations that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was wooing him for 2019 presidential election as its candidate, saying that he has no such intention as he would clock 78 by 2019.
Reacting to his appointment as Chairman of the proposed PDP National Conference slated for tomorrow, Babangida urged the PDP to count him out of the conference saying that he had quit partisan politics four years ago when he marked 70 years. He said he had friends in the PDP and the APC and playing the expected role would amount to partisanship.
In a statement he personally signed and tagged "PDP Rebranding Conference: Count Me Out", He said:
"I wish to make some clarifications concerning the invitation extended to me on the scheduled PDP rebranding conference slated for November 12, 2015, aimed at repositioning the party after its poor outing at the last elections.
While I welcome the invitation to the event as a mark of respect as one of the founding fathers, I want to be excused on the grounds that I have long bid bye to partisan politics."
He ended by thanking God for the gift of life and his blessing thus far.