Ahead of the June 23 governorship primary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, the main opposition party yesterday kick-started it ward Congress to elect the ad-hoc delegates for the primary.
Buoyed by the outcome of the exercise which he described as peaceful, Governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the chairman of the committee told journalists in Benin that he was optimistic of victory in the September poll and the fact that Edo has always been a PDP state.
Other members of the committee are Bayelsa State Governor Senator Diri Duoye and Senator Sam Ayanwu.
Fitiri said with the antecedent of the party in the recent election, there is no need to fear if the party will not produce the next governor of the state.
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He said: “I want to say without mincing word, technically, Edo is a PDP state because, in the previous election, you can see our performance, we did very well, we won the presidential election here in Edo, we won two out of three senatorial seats in Edo, four or five of the house of Representatives in Edo.”
The Adamawa governor said that the outcome of the assignment by the three-man delegation sent by the party National Working Committee (NWC) was a very important as it will form those that will elect our gubernatorial candidate.
He said that the committee commenced the assignment as mandated by the NWC by sending out all the returning and electoral officers into the 18 Local government that will elect a three-man delegate for the 192 wards in the state.
“The assignment has been successfully conducted, we are here collating the results from the returning officers that have gone to conduct this election in all the 18 Local government Areas of Edo State.”
While urging the winners to vote wisely for the best and the good candidate that can deliver the PDP in the Edo 2020 governorship election, Fintiri added that to a greater extent, the assignment was successful and concluded safely.
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