PDP Winning Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Governorship Polls – Acting Chair Boasts

The Acting National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has boasted that the nation’s main opposition party is winning the forthcoming November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states.

Damagum, who spoke in Abuja yesterday at the inauguration of the party’s National Campaign Council for the governoship election in the three states, bragged that going by the level of PDP’s acceptability by the people, its candidates will clear the forthcoming elections.

The politician, however, charged members of the council to work within the law to win the states, which he described as PDP strongholds.

“We don’t expect less from you because before you were selected, you were found very capable, and we expect nothing other than victory.

“You are going in at a time whereby the country as it is, everybody is feeling the burden of the mistakes that have happened in this country.

“What is expected of you is to go there and remind them that this is not what we bargained for and that there is a time God in his infinite mercy, always give us to change the course of history, and this is the time.

“We will have Bayelsa, we will have Imo, and we will have Kogi. These are PDP states. Somehow, they slipped away, but Bayelsa has always had a PDP governor,” the PUNCH quoted the party chieftain saying.

Damagum added, “I want to challenge everyone in this country to look at the states governed by PDP governors viz-a-viz the other parties. We have always excelled.

“To you that are going to Kogi and Imo states, remind them that it has not been like that before they made a mistake to where they are today. There are time and opportunity to change, and there’s no better time than now.”

In his remark at the event, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, who is the chairman of the Kogi campaign team, expressed confidence in the party’s ability to win the election in the three states.

“The chances of the PDP in the three states are very great because we are bringing light all the way, and you know when light comes, darkness vanishes,” Adeleke said.

Meanwhile, Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, had said that the people of the state had resolved to re-elect the PDP in the governorship poll.

According to him, PDP is very sure of victory in Bayelsa, and there is no internal crisis in the party as far as the state is concerned.

Diri said: “We have more members of the opposition coming into PDP in Bayelsa. Bayelsa PDP is very strong, vibrant and poised to win the election.

“Bayelsa people have resolved unanimously that PDP, as exemplified by me, don’t need to change players in a winning team. Bayelsa people are very resolute about that.”

The PDP candidate for Imo, Mr Sam Anyanwu, expressed confidence that PDP would reclaim the state.

“Imo is traditionally a PDP state. What you have there now is a product of the court. I am back to reclaim the mandate of the PDP,” Anyanwu said.

Also, the PDP Kogi governorship candidate, Dino Melaye, said that the ruling All Progressives Congress would become history in the state after the November poll.

“I just want to announce that as far as this election is concerned in Kogi, APC is history. APC has gone to oblivion. PDP is the party to beat in Kogi,” he said.