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Gov. Nyesom Wike, Gov. Udom Emmanuel, and Senator Godswill Akpabio at the PDP South-south zonal meeting in Port Harcourt, Monday
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The leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the South-south have resolved to work together to ensure that the party wins the 2019 presidential election.
The party, during its Zonal Executive Committee meeting on Monday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress,A(PC), has “destroyed the economy, destabilised the nation’s security infrastructure, and made the country to slide into unprecedented suffering.”
The meeting was attended by the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, the PDP governors, former governors, and senators from the South-south.
A statement from the Government House, Port Harcourt, quoted Mr. Secondus to have said in the meeting that Nigeria has collapsed and that the presidential villa was in ruins. The situation, he said, calls for a solemn struggle to salvage the country in 2019.
“This crisis is no longer a laughing matter. The country is coming to an end and we must rescue the nation,” the PDP national chairman said.
He said the PDP governors across the country were performing well, compared with their APC counterparts which he said have failed their people.
“Come 2019, Nigeria will be liberated from the hands of the APC. The APC has lost ground in all the six geo-political zones. We have to take one final step to sack the APC government,” he said.
The Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, was among those who spoke at the meeting.
Mr. Wike, who appealed to PDP leaders to remain focused, said: “APC took power by deceit, but they cannot govern.”
The governor said there was need for free and fair elections for Nigerians to determine the future of the country.
While the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, described the South-south as a “foundation for the revival of the country,” the Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, called on the party leaders to support Mr. Secondus so that he could work towards party’s victory in 2019.
During the meeting, a minute silence was observed in honour of the victims of violent killings in different parts of the country.
~Premium Times
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