The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned the Chairman of its National Conference Planning Committee, Chief Raymond Dokpesi over his Tuesday's apology to Nigerians over the party's failure to meet Nigerians' expectations while in power for 16 years.

Dokpesi had apologised to Nigerians on behalf of the party for the errors the PDP committed during the period, especially for fielding former President Goodluck Jonathan instead of a northern candidate.

Reacting to Dokpesi's apology on Wednesday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said that Dokpesi's statement was personal.

He said: "That statement made by Chief Raymond Dokpesi is his personal opinion and does not represent in any way an official position of the PDP.

"In the first place, Dokpesi is not a member of the national executive of the PDP and he can only speak in his personal capacity and his opinion remains personal and does not represent that of the party "The decision to field former President Jonathan in the 2015 presidential race was approved by the National Working Committee (NWC), the National Executive Council (NEC) and the party's National Caucus.

In addition, the constitution of the party allows a sitting president to exercise his right to run for a second term if he so desires.

"This is not the time for buck-passing or blame game. We are repositioning our party. What we should do is to join hands to reposition the PDP based on the report of the Senator Ike Ekweremadu to reclaim the party's lost glory.

This is what is expected of us all at this time," he said. On whether the PDP regrets its actions, Metuh said: "How can you regret a decision taken where everyone was there - the NWC, NEC and the National Caucus? What are we talking about? Everybody was conscious of the decision, nobody was coerced into supporting the position."
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