By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Iyorchia Ayu has declared that the party’s recent victory in the Osun State governorship election is a clear pointer to the fact that it is on its way to victory in the 2023 general elections.
Dr Ayu, who said this yesterday in Abuja, pointed out that the leading opposition party is definitely going to win the next year’s general election, increase its number of governors as well control the National Assembly, House of Representatives, most state houses of assembly and the presidency.
Ayu spoke yesterday at the opening of an interactive meeting of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, with former National Publicity Secretaries, State and Zonal Publicity Secretaries and other key stakeholders in Abuja.
The PDP National Chairman said, ‘We are definitely going to win the next election. We will increase the number of our governors. We will control the National Assembly, House of Representatives, most state houses of assembly and of course the big price, we shall return to the villa (Aso Rock Presidential Villa).
“During the elections in Abuja in the six local governments, people voted massively for the PDP. Out of the 68 councillors, PDP won 48 of those counselors and APC came down to 18 or so.
“From the elections in Ekiti and Osun, again, it was clear that the preferred party that the Nigerian people want to take over power next year is still the PDP. This is not based on lies, it is based on realities.
“It’s based on the reality of the two states elections Ekiti and Osun, never mind we had hiccups in Ekiti for reasons which many Nigerian and party members know. We still keyed in on the very important state of Osun.
“This means we now control the heartland of the Southwest. We control both Osun and Oyo, and if you control the heartland of the Southwest, you are likely to win in the rest of the Southwest in Ondo, in Ogun and of course the big prize in Legos”, he said optimistically.
Ayu however harped on the need for the party as well as its members and supporters to continue to do the right thing.
He said, “The Nigerian people, as long as we continue to do the right things, they will believe us and they will definitely give us their mandate.
“We have already demonstrated this in the last six to eight months since we took over as the NWC of the party”, stressed.
Speaking at the meeting, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon Debo Ologunagba disclosed that the party will soon unveil other programs that will be beneficial to all and sundry.
According to Ologunagba, “We believe that together we can pilot the affairs of this party, and of course our nation by ensuring that we have this conversation, and we intend to have it on a regular basis”.
This, he reasoned, will go a long way to “create communication and publicity structures and strategies for our party and of course for our nation because when we get into government, we believe that this body would be a permanent fixture in such a way that there will be consultation.”
