The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has inaugurated a national reconciliation committee and campaign councils
for Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections, scheduled for Nov. 16.
The reconciliation committee is
headed by a former Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki.
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is
the chairman of the party’s campaign council for Kogi, while Governor Bala
Mohammed of Bauchi will chair the campaign council for Bayelsa.
The PDP National Chairman, Mr
Uche Secondus, while inaugurating the committee and the councils, urged the
reconciliation committee to work assiduously to reconcile all aggrieved members
in the two states and bring them back to the party.
He said that the party should not
go into in both Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections as a divided house.
Secondus, who expressed
confidence in the members of the campaign councils, advised them to work for
the victory of the party in the two states.
He said that the campaign
councils have the task of ensuring that the electoral desires of the people of
the two states were realised.
“I charge you to make sure that
you bring the best of our programme for the two states during your campaign.
“Preach one man, one vote; obey
all the rules and the laws of the land, because we are a party that believe in
the rule of law.
“Make sure that we win in Bayelsa
and Kogi states,” Secondus said, adding that the party had credible and best
candidates for the two states.
He said that given the
achievements of Gov. Seriake Dickson in the last eight years in Bayelsa and the
current situation in Kogi, the elections in the two states would be smooth
contest for PDP.
The PDP chairman, however, said
that the information available to the party showed that the All Progressives
Congress (APC) was planning to rig the elections.
Secondus advised INEC to be
neutral in the conduct of the elections to ensure that they were free, fair and
credible.
He called on the international
community and all lovers of democracy to show more than passing interest in the
forthcoming elections in the two states.
Secondus also advised President
Muhammadu Buhari and the APC to enforce peace and the rule of law in the
country.
In his response, Saraki said that
his committee would do its best to reconcile all aggrieved members in the two
states.
“The work of winning Kogi and
Bayelsa starts with reconciliation and end with reconciliation, because the two
states belong to PDP,” he said.
Saraki said that the driving
message was that a government headed by PDP was better than that headed by
another party.
Also speaking, Gov. Mohammed said
that the issue of reconciliation in Bayelsa was half done, as former President
Goodluck Jonathan had directed him to accept the responsibility.
“I am taking this responsibility
with the seriousness and energy that it deserves. Politics is not a joke.
“If the other side is planning
evil, we will plan excellence. If they are planning violence, we will plan
peace. If they are planning a loss, we will plan victory,” he said.
On his part, Makinde promised
that his committee would run issue-based campaigns in the Kogi State and do the
party proud.
He said that the elections in the
two states were an opportunity for the electorate “to press the reset button”
that will end in the ultimate victory for the party in 2023
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