PDP Happy With Imoke’s Return

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday expressed joy over the return of Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State last Saturday.

Imoke has been out of the country for medical treatment.

Mr Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the party said in a statement in Abuja that the governor was now “fully recharged’’.

According to the PDP spokesman, the governor used part of his 10 years accumulated leave to seek medical treatment abroad.

He added that the PDP family missed the governor while he was away but was now overjoyed that he was back on the saddle.

“The PDP family missed the governor while he was away but we are now elated that he is back on the saddle.

“We are happy that after his thorough medical check, the governor is now fully recharged and refilled to continue the good works he has been doing in the state,” Metuh said.

He thanked the Cross River State government functionaries, the Acting Governor, PDP leadership in the state and members of the state House of Assembly for their loyalty and commitment while the governor was away.

This, he noted, ensured the smooth running of the state during the period the governor was away.

Metuh also thanked the people of the state and all Nigerians for their prayers for the governor while he was away.

He further restated the commitment of the PDP-led administration across the country to continue to focus on the welfare of all Nigerians at all times.

Our political correspondent reports that Imoke, Gov. Danbaba Suntai of Taraba and Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu left the country at different times late last year to seek medical treatment.

While Suntai is still in a German hospital receiving treatment from injuries he sustained from helicopter crash he piloted, Chime returned to the country on February 7.

Hopes are, however, high that the Taraba governor would return to the country fit, like his colleagues, as the PDP leadership continued to pray for his full recovery.