Buoyed by the
victory of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the recent Ekiti State gov
ernorship election, Governor Emmanuel
Uduaghan of Delta State has boasted
that the PDP will make a clean sweep of
all forthcoming elections in the country.
Speaking at a press conference in
Asaba, Uduaghan expressed confidence
that his party would emerge victorious in
the August 9, 2014 governorship election
in Osun.
He said: “Across the federation, PDP is
still the number one party. Yes, we had
challenges last year but things are
turning around. We have a game
changer in our national chairman. All of
you are witnesses to what happened in
Ekiti State election where PDP won. Osun
election is coming up; Ekiti feat would be
repeated there also. We are taking them
one by one and by the time we get to the
presidential election, it will be very clear
that PDP will win”.
Coming back home to Delta State where
the local government election has been
slated for October 25, the governor
disclosed that measures had been put in
place to checkmate tension arising from
the conduct of primaries for the council
election.
“Our primary is coming up on August 9 as
far as the local government election is
concerned and a lot of people have
picked tickets. There are some local gov
ernments in which more than 18
aspirants have picked tickets to become
chairman but only one person can
emerge at a time. I am happy that our
leaders at the various council areas are
working hard to see how to reduce
tension because I hear that some are
already stepping down for others. But I
must say that I have not anointed any
candidate in any council area.
“I am a human being and I have my
interest. But as the governor, I need to
be very careful in managing that
interest. We do not want to annoy
anybody that would warrant him/her
leaving the party”, he added.
Uduaghan noted that since the state
electoral body released the timetable for
the election, PDP aspirants had been
canvassing for votes while the opposition
parties were doing nothing but would
later accused PDP of rigging the poll.
“Since DSIEC announced the date, only
PDP has been active. We hear of nomina
tions in PDP but we don’t get to hear
about other parties. Only PDP aspirants
are moving around seeking for votes.
And when they win, others would say
they rigged. That is not fair”, he added.
victory of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the recent Ekiti State gov
ernorship election, Governor Emmanuel
Uduaghan of Delta State has boasted
that the PDP will make a clean sweep of
all forthcoming elections in the country.
Speaking at a press conference in
Asaba, Uduaghan expressed confidence
that his party would emerge victorious in
the August 9, 2014 governorship election
in Osun.
He said: “Across the federation, PDP is
still the number one party. Yes, we had
challenges last year but things are
turning around. We have a game
changer in our national chairman. All of
you are witnesses to what happened in
Ekiti State election where PDP won. Osun
election is coming up; Ekiti feat would be
repeated there also. We are taking them
one by one and by the time we get to the
presidential election, it will be very clear
that PDP will win”.
Coming back home to Delta State where
the local government election has been
slated for October 25, the governor
disclosed that measures had been put in
place to checkmate tension arising from
the conduct of primaries for the council
election.
“Our primary is coming up on August 9 as
far as the local government election is
concerned and a lot of people have
picked tickets. There are some local gov
ernments in which more than 18
aspirants have picked tickets to become
chairman but only one person can
emerge at a time. I am happy that our
leaders at the various council areas are
working hard to see how to reduce
tension because I hear that some are
already stepping down for others. But I
must say that I have not anointed any
candidate in any council area.
“I am a human being and I have my
interest. But as the governor, I need to
be very careful in managing that
interest. We do not want to annoy
anybody that would warrant him/her
leaving the party”, he added.
Uduaghan noted that since the state
electoral body released the timetable for
the election, PDP aspirants had been
canvassing for votes while the opposition
parties were doing nothing but would
later accused PDP of rigging the poll.
“Since DSIEC announced the date, only
PDP has been active. We hear of nomina
tions in PDP but we don’t get to hear
about other parties. Only PDP aspirants
are moving around seeking for votes.
And when they win, others would say
they rigged. That is not fair”, he added.
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