President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed gratitude to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for giving him the opportunity to fly the party’s ticket in the 2015 presidential election.
It could be recalled that the PDP on Thursday adopted Jonathan as its consensus candidate for the election.
“I also have the right of refusal and I thank the party for giving me the opportunity”, he said.
He said that Nigeria’s democracy was maturing, adding that no member of the PDP could dictate who became what in the party.
Jonathan lauded members of the party in the South-West for defying the rains to attend the rally.
He also commended them for remaining with the party despite not being in control of power in any state in the zone.
“I thank Ekiti people for returning the state to the PDP.
“There is no single PDP state in the South-West yet you remained committed.
“We thank you for that position and surely you will be rewarded.