• Uduaghan pledges loyalty to PDP,
throws hat into senatorial ring
Jaiyeola Andrews and Omon-Julius
Onabu
Despite the crisis rocking the party
and loss of its members to the
opposition All Progressives Congress
(APC), President Goodluck Jonathan
has expressed confidence that the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
remains the party to beat, saying the
party “dey bam bam, no shaking.”
Jonathan spoke yesterday at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he
interacted with members of the party
from the North-west geopolitical
zone.
While acknowledging that there was
so much hype about the opposition in
the media, he maintained that the
opposition would not stop PDP in the
2015 elections.
“There is so much noise in the media,
whether is electronic or newspapers
or even social media, sometimes it
seems as if the world is coming to an
end. At times when they come to me
with some of these things I smile and
say from 1959 down the story has
changed," he said.
Taking a pot shot at the APC, the
president said: “Some people can call
themselves progressives they have
done that before, did they change the
system? Today if you can abuse
Jonathan you are a progressive, if
you can attack the federal
government you are a progressive,
even if nothing is happening in your
state you are a progressive. We have
seen the progressives.”
According to him, there is no ward or
no voting unit where PDP members
are not found, adding that in some
areas of the country, the APC remains
unknown.
“If you go to some areas, they don’t
even know this new name yet, much
less where to thumb print on the
ballot paper; they don't even know.
So be rest assured our members will
continue to work together to
strengthen the party and it will
continue to be the number one party
in this country,” he said.
He charged members of the PDP not
to be deceived by the antics of the
opposition who had been lobbying for
their decampment, saying PDP
members should not leave certainty
for uncertainty.
Responding, Dr. Haliru Bello said the
PDP North-west remained one and
indivisible entity. He equally assured
Jonathan that the party was fully in
support of him in the zone.
He commended Vice-President
Namadi Sambo for working hard to
organise and reinvigorate the party
and to maintain its vibrancy in the
zone and the north generally.
Those present during the solidarity
visit were the vice-president; Kaduna
State Governor, Ramahlan Yero;
Kebbi State Governor, Seidu
Dakingari; Katisina State Governor,
Ibrahim Shema, PDP National
Chairman, Bamanga Tukur;
Mohammed Abacha; and a host of
others.
Meanwhile, the Delta State Governor,
Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has ruled
out the possibility of his departure
from the PDP.
He told reporters in Asaba yesterday
during an interactive session that he
was a founding member of the party
and would remain so.
His clarification followed a report in
the media that he was considering
leaving the ruling party for an
unnamed party.
However, Uduaghan, who is billed to
end his two-term tenure in 2015,
dropped the hint that he might run for
the Senate after leaving the
Government House, as he is qualified
to do so.
Reacting to the media report on his
plan to defect from the PDP, he said:
“There is absolutely no truth in the
report. I have no plans to leave the
party. I will swim and sink with PDP.
PDP is the only party in Nigeria that
has maintained its name since its
formation in 1998; all the other
parties have either merged, re-
merged or died.
“As a foundation member and a life
member of the PDP, I would,
therefore, not even contemplate
leaving the party for any reason
whatever. So I beg una, I no dey go
anywhere."
According to the governor, Delta State
remains a strong PDP stronghold,
which is prepared to always support
Jonathan.
He added: “Delta State is a PDP state;
it is PDP all the way. So I have no
reason to run to any other party. And
in Delta, we are more united now, as
you saw at the last Delta Central
senatorial election where we cleared
all the wards, leaving only one ward
for the opposition party.”
On his reported ambition to run for
the Senate in 2015, Uduaghan said he
was eminently qualified to vie,
adding that by the unwritten
understanding of his Delta South
senatorial zone, a candidate of
Itsekiri extraction would be vying for
the seat this time around.
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