Turning down the invitation, he said he had announced his retirement from partisan politics four years ago at a public function.
“At this stage of my political journey, I want to be able to interact and socialize with them without being branded “anti-party”.
“It is on the score of this that I have elected to turn down this request to participate in the rebranding conference of the PDP in a partisan manner.
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“I have heard whispers from different political arenas that one of the rationales for the rebranding of PDP was to prepare me for future elections in 2019. How ridiculous?
“God’s willing; by 2019 I will be 78 years old. If I called it quit in 2011, why would PDP contemplate fielding a 78 years old man in a presidential election in a country that parades very vibrant men and women of lesser age? IBB queried.
The PDP is organizing a ‘Rebranding Conference’ billed for November 12, 2015, in Abuja and has extended invitation to IBB as one of the founding fathers.