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Ighoyota Amori, ex-senator for Delta central, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has more than enough credible candidates to contest the 2019 presidential election.

Amori, who is the political adviser to Uche Secondus, national chairman of the party, said this in an interview with NAN.

According to him, the best of all the qualified candidates in the party will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he says is no news, the “only candidate” of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“PDP has so many aspirants and the best of the aspirants will defeat Buhari in 2019,” Amori said.

“PDP is national party. There is no ward, village or unit in this country you will not find PDP, meaning that it is a Nigerian party. Unless you say you cannot find a credible candidate from across the entire country.

“I can tell you that we have more than enough credible candidates or aspirants in PDP for the presidential race. PDP is getting stronger. This is the beauty of democracy. People disagree and agree again.’’

Amori accused that the APC-led government of media trial of PDP aspirants while protecting its members who were “fingered as corrupt”.

He added all “hunted” PDP members who decamped to APC have now become “saints”.

“APC is a party where only a person who has something to hide goes there and become a saint immediately,” he said.

“If you look at all the people that left PDP because they were being hunted, the moment they join the ruling party they become saints. Once you join APC, nobody can prosecute you.”

In December 2015, the appellate court sitting in Benin, Edo state capital, ordered the removal of Amori as the Delta central senator.

It declared Ovie Omo-Agege, candidate of the Labour Party in the March 28 parliamentary election, as winner of the poll.

Amori had described the court ruling as “a miscarriage of justice”.