Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has officially declared his interest to join the 2023 presidential race.
The frontline journalist formally presented his letter of intent to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu at the party’s national secretariat on Thursday.
Momodu was presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the 2011 elections.
“After due consultations with my family, friends and some stakeholders, I have arrived at the decision to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of our great party, PDP, if selected as the party’s candidate,” he said.
“I hasten to add that this is my personal decision, although I have received advice, encouragement and support from diverse quarters since I started my consultations.
“I, therefore, offer myself to the PDP as the best aspirant to turn the fortunes of our esteemed party and our well-endowed country around. In this regard, and with a deep sense of humility and profound respect,” he said.
He added: “I’m convinced that the time has come to seriously challenge and dislodge those politicians who have held our country to ransom by kidnapping, hijacking and destroying the future of our younger generation and generations yet unborn.
“I’m better prepared now than at the time of my first foray into the fray in 2011, and I am fully ready and certainly capable for the onerous tasks and responsibilities ahead.”
