2019 polls: We must remain united to achieve victory - PDP governor tells party members

- PDP members have been advised to remain united to achieve victory in the forthcoming general elections

- The advice was given by Delta state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa during the party's recent campaign rallies

- The governor noted that with unity and cooperation, the PDP will win in all the elections billed for February 16 and March 2, 2019

Delta state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to remain united to achieve victory in the forthcoming general elections

The governor made the call on Tuesday, January 15 at the PDP campaign rallies at Issele-Uku, Akwukwu-Igbo and Asaba in Aniocha North, Oshimili North and Oshimili South local government areas of Delta state respectively.

According to the governor, with unity and cooperation, the PDP will win in all the elections billed for February 16 and March 2, 2019.

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“We are going into the elections as a united people, we should cooperate, because, through cooperation, we will get maximum number of votes; let no one be involved in anti-party activity, let us get votes that all of us will be proud of,” Governor Okowa said at Issele-Uku.

He added, “the leaders and the youths should work together, everybody should be recognised; this is the turn of Delta North to complete two terms because, it will not be good that after working for other senatorial districts to do two terms respectively, the people of Delta North will fail to support their own for two terms; we have worked, our success stories abound in all parts of Delta, we will do more in our second tenure because, we are experienced and we have peace.”

At Akwukwu-Igbo, Governor Okowa challenged the people to check any form of electoral malpractice, saying, “there will be no room for rigging, there should be close monitoring of the elections because, our votes must count, collect your Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), encourage others to get theirs; we should get all the votes that we can.”

Excited with the huge turnout of Deltans at venues of the campaign rallies, Governor Okowa expressed confidence that he would be returned unopposed by the people as his main opponent in the elections may join his campaign train.

At Asaba, the governor said: “I love Deltans, you are my people and I am happy with the show of love by you all to me and my administration; from the feelers reaching me, the heavy turnout at the rallies, it will not be a surprise that Deltans will return me unopposed.

“I have spent several years in Asaba, I am proud to be a Deltan; Asaba should wear a befitting look because, it is the mirror with which investors, visitors see the entire state; we are constructing storm drainage in Asaba, we are going to do the same in Uvwie and Warri; our development is not limited to major towns and cities, the rural areas are having good impact of our development programmes.

“In the second tenure we will do more in the area of entrepreneurial programmes for our youths; we will do a lot of empowerment and provision of infrastructure that after our tenure in 2023, any governor that will emerge in Delta state will have a lot of challenge to meet up with the standards that we are setting.”

He thanked the people for their continual support and asked them to vote for all the candidates of the PDP in the elections.

Those who spoke at the rallies including former deputy governor of Delta state, Chief Benjamin Elue, Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, Prince Ned Nwoko, Barr. Kingsley Esiso, among others.

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Governor Okowa had earlier urged security agencies and those who will be involved in the conduct of the 2019 general elections to be impartial.

The governor made the call on Tuesday, January 15, when the south-south zone of the Police Service Commission (PSC) monitoring team led by Austin Braimoh paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Asaba.

“If we conduct an election that does not meet global standards, it will affect our democracy and our nation,” the governor warned.

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