Edo Guber: PDP Campaign Council Promises Victory After Strategy Meeting

Ahead of the September governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council has expressed optimism that Governor Godwin Obaseki would emerge victorious at the poll.

The campaign council stated this after its inaugural meeting held behind closed doors in Port Harcourt.

According to the campaign council, the Edo electorate are desirous to consolidate the democratic gains the various elective representatives of the party have provided for them.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, who is the Chairman of the council, presided over the meeting.

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, while speaking to journalists after the meeting, said the meeting adopted  the best strategies to retain what rightly belongs to PDP.

The meeting was attended by governors Fintiri, his Oyo State counterpart,  Seyi Makinde, other members of the national campaign  council, chairmen and secretaries of all the sub-committees of Edo 2020.

The Adamawa governor, who is also the deputy Chairman of the campaign council, said they would leave no stone unturned in working with Edo people to deepen democracy.

“The election is already on the table for PDP. We have a sellable candidate, who is Governor Godwin obaseki. Nigerians are moving forward with democracy and we have to deepen it together.

“Technically,  Edo is a PDP state because in the last election of 2019, we actually won all the elections. So,   it is not coming as a surprise that Governor Obaseki has to shift his ground from APC to join us.

“Now,  we are putting all the forces together, and there is nothing that’s left behind. So Edo is completely a PDP state and we are going in there to win the election,” he said.

A statement issued by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, said the Chairman of the Publicity Committee, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, noted that the Edo people were convinced that Governor Obaseki is the best candidate in the governorship race.

Dokpesi explained that the national campaign council has given the state campaign council all the needed support that would ensure total victory for PDP.

“Those of us from Edo state are very clear in our minds that our candidate,  Governor Obaseki is definitely the best candidate that can deliver and sustain the PDP ticket and also take the  flag of the party to Osadebe House.

“For the South-South,  it is a great challenge and honour to ensure that the six states in the zone belong to PDP. So, every support has been pledged by the leadership of the party; the governors,  members of BOT, the national working committee. They are committed to ensuring that the flag of PDP will continue to fly in Government House,” he said.

Nsirim also said since the inauguration of the  77 member Council  by the National Working Committee of the PDP on the 7th of July, 2020 in Abuja, it was the first meeting of the council to work out strategies that would ensure victory on September 19th ,2020 in the Edo State governorship election.