The Peoples Democratic Party has said it will not miss any of the seven rebel governors, especially five of them, who have defected to the All Progressives Congress.
The party therefore asked President Goodluck Jonathan not to entertain any fear concerning the future of the party.
The National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, stated this in Abuja on Monday when the Sokoto State chapter of the party paid him and members of the PDP National Working Committee a courtesy call at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
There were seven aggrieved governors in the PDP, out of which five had defected to the APC.
The seven governors are Rotimi Amaechi(Rivers), Lamido(Jigawa), Abdulfatah Ahmed(Kwara), Aliyu Wamakko(Sokoto), Babangida Aliyu(Niger), Murtala Nyako(Adamawa) and Rabiu Kwakwanso (Kano).
Aliyu and Lamido are yet to defect from the ruling party.
Tukur, who was outside the country when the governors defected, had earlier said he was shocked with their defection, but had also said he wouldn’t stop anyone from leaving the party.
Speaking on Monday, Tukur advised Jonathan not to entertain fear, saying the Sokoto State chapter of the party was solidly behind him.
He said he was sure that the defectees would come back to PDP.
Tukur said, “Goodluck Jonathan, no fear, he will be there. Sokoto is behind you. When caliphate is behind you, believe me, no fear. No fear, no shaking, PDP is our party, it’s a party of choice.
“People can defect, it is their right, but soon they will find out that it is not cool in the place they are. They will soon come to the embrace of the PDP.