Amidst crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, has said the party is sure of winning the 2023 general elections.
Ayu, who spoke with journalists, after a meeting of the PDP National Working Committee ( NWC) with the party’s governorship candidates in the 36 states across the country, expressed optimism that apart from the presidential poll, the opposition party will win at least 25 governorship seats.
The PDP chairman, while stating that the candidates came to interface with the NWC over developments in their respective states. said he was impressed by the progress being made by the PDP across the country.
He said “the candidates came and expressed their concerns in their various states. They briefed us on the efforts they are making in their various states to win the election. As you know, the elections will be won in the states, not just at the national level.
“I am very happy with the progress that are made so far in various states and some of the little issues that we have clarified and it was an extremely useful meeting. So, we are happy that the members of the party are very determined that we don’t just win at the national level. States of Assembly, National Assembly, state governorship, we want to return about 25 state governors or more as we used to have. So the mood in the party is excellent.”
The Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, who also spoke with journalists, said they believed in the supremacy and sanctity of the party.
Mohammed, while responding to question on the meeting reportedly held between Wike and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said he was not aware of the said meeting.
“The chairman has already spoken. You know we are loyal party members. We believe in the supremacy and sanctity of the party and he has already told you that the mood is very excellent.
“The candidates are coming together uniting the party to discuss, even issues of reconciliation . So, it is a very democratic party, he is open and we have ask him all the question that we need to ask about how to win the elections and then the strategies are ours, we don’t have to relate it to the media now, but certainly we are on course.”
Also, the PDP governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Isa Ashiru, on his part said “we are here on a consultative meeting with our leaders on the way forward and we have extended discussions and views, regarding the 2023 elections and we are home and dry. We don’t have crisis in PDP. I don’t know where you got this information.”
Also present at the meeting were Ifeanyi Odii, Oborevwori Sheriff, Peter Mbah, Umo Eno, Ladidi Adebutu, PDP governorship candidates in Ebonyi, Delta, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Ogun states respectively, among others.
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