The party said it was high time presidential de­bates are taken to a high level of intellectual excur­sion pin with the future of the country along the lines of development, peace and stability from which the electorate can make an in­formed decision.

National Publicity Secre­tary of the Peoples Demo­cratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, who said this on Tuesday while addressing the press in his office at Nation­al Secretariat of the party in Abuja also boasted that President Jonathan will de­feat combine efforts of all APC aspirants.

The PDP said it was pre­pared to engage all the can­didates of the opposition individually and collectively to a debate on performance-based contest because they have a well prepared candi­date for the election in 2015. The party said it is field­ing a good product that has performed and has made their work easier to present him to the public for accep­tance.

The party said the presi­dent is the most suitable can­didate in the lot that would be seeking the election in 2015. Metuh said: “We have a very good product to sell to Nigerians. GEJ will win the 2015 presidential poll based on his popularity. We are today sending notice to the opposition party, the APC to expect a crushing defeat at the poll,’’ he said.

“In view of our confidence, preparedness and the popu­larity of our candidate, we declare and urge the APC to put forward its two frontline aspirants in one pot as joint presidential candidates with their collective cre­dentials and followership to face our president.For us in the PDP, we are certain that with the grassroot support and love we enjoy from Nigerians across board, jonathan will secure an emphatic victory against any presidential candidate of the APC or all the candidates put together as one.Let us elevate the con­duct of this election. We will base it on who is best for this country in terms of unity of this nation, who is best to stabilise our public policy,who is best to lead us to prosperity. On those three and other issues we will defeat whoever is the candidate of the APC”.

Credit: National Mirror