The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, has expressed optimism that the party was ready to win the Ondo state governorship election in November.
Damagum made this statement while addressing stakeholders of
the party before the presentation of the Certificate of Return to the candidate
of the party, Alfred Agboola Ajayi at the party headquarters in Abuja.
He also called on Ajayi to get to work and rally round other
aspirants to ensure the victory of the party.
Damagum, who took a swipe at the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC, for undertaking a “rancorous primary,” said, “At a time our
opponents could not put their acts together, We in the opposition, much was
expected of us and we shamed them, we produced a candidate without a dissenting
voice. It’s because of what we have put in place that this has been possible.
“During our stakeholders meeting, we agreed that all the
aspirants must come from the south, and by the grace of God, that is what happened.
This shows the preparedness of the party to take over Ondo State.
“Even from the last election, we know that Ondo is PDP and
from the stakeholders meeting and other engagements, we were able to come out
with a single candidate.”
He told the candidate not to take for granted that most of
his co-aspirants have conceded to him, adding that “You need to do more to
bring them on board so that you can complete this exercise. To complete this
exercise, one must win the state for the PDP. It is not going to be an easy
task, you have to start going from door to door.
“Reaching out to them, persuading them, you must work hard
to make sure PDP takes Ondo State, but we will have our stakeholders meeting in
the South West on Monday and work for the party.
“Unlike the other parties, we have an internal working
mechanism and when we talk to ourselves, we are not garrison Commanders, but we
engage and that is why, till today, PDP remains a brand. It is the only party
to which you will come as nobody and become somebody.”
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