Bayelsa, Kogi Polls: PDP S’Africa Lauds Party’s National Leadership

Ahead of the November governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States, Mr Ekos Akpokabayen, Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), South Africa chapter, has urged the party’s leadership to work hard to ensure that it wins.
Akpokabayen, who lauded the national leadership of the party for not imposing candidates on the people, in a telephone interview from Johannesburg, South Africa yesterday said that the decision of the leadership to allow the people to choose their candidates had united the party the more.
“ I wish to commend Prince Uche Secondus, national chairman of our party for being a humble servant of the party and for insisting that nobody imposes a candidate on the people.
“We saw that in the 2019 general elections. Secondus also ensured that after the election, the party did not break and has remained one.
“We want him (Secondus) to retain that leadership style where the voice and will of the people should prevail,” he said.
Akpokabayen also urged the party’s leadership to give more sense of belonging to its Diaspora chapters to encourage them and uplift their spirit.
“We urge the leadership of our party to encourage Diaspora chapters by sending them  goodwill  messages. This will give us a sense of belonging and prepare us for future general elections,” he said.
Akpokabayen said that the South Africa chapter of the party would continue to uphold the party’s constitution for success in elections.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described the affirmation of the election of Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa by the State Governorship Election Tribunal, as victory for democracy.
The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Monday said it was a triumph of the will and aspiration of the people over “manipulative forces.”
Ologbondiyan said that the PDP was not surprised that the tribunal, in affirming the mandate of the people, dismissed the entire petition against Fintiri’s election as lacking in merit.
“Our party rejoices with the people of Adamawa state, who have been jubilant over the verdict, as it marks the consolidation of their aspiration for a purposeful, transparent and result-oriented government for greater cohesion, stability and productivity in the state.
“Unarguably, Fintiri was elected because of his manifest patriotism and dedication to duty as already evinced in his zeal towards the development of the state, empowerment of the people as well as peaceful coexistence in the state.