Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, says the party is ready to win the November governorship election in Ondo State.
This is as he also called on the candidate of the party, Alfred Agboola Ajayi, to get to work and rally round other aspirants to ensure the victory of the party.
He stated this while addressing stakeholders of the party before the presentation of the Certificate of Return to Ajayi at the party headquarters in Abuja.
Damagum, who took a swipe at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for undertaking a “rancorous primary”, said, “At a time our opponents could not put their acts together, We in the opposition, much was expected of us and we shamed them, we produced a candidate without a dissenting voice. It’s because of what we have put in place that has made this possible.
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“During our stakeholders meeting we agreed that all the aspirants must come from the south, and by the grace of God, that is what happened. This shows the preparedness of the party to take over Ondo State.
“Even from the last election, we know that Ondo is PDP and from the stakeholders meeting and other engagements we were able to come out with a single candidate.”
He told the candidate not to take for granted that most of his co-aspirants have conceded to him, adding that “You need to do more to bring them on board so that you can complete this exercise. To complete this exercise is to win the state for PDP. It is not going to be an easy task, you have to start going from door to door.
“Reaching out to them, persuading them, you must work hard to make sure PDP takes Ondo State, but we will have our stakeholders meeting in the South West on Monday and work for the party.
“Unlike the other parties, we have an internal working mechanism and when we talk to our selves we are not garrison Commanders, but we engage and that is why till today PDP remains a brand. It is the only party that you will come as nobody and becomes somebody.”
