Governorship Election: Osun Belong To PDP - Sambo

“I  Namadi Sambo want to assure you that the mandate that was taken through the back door will come back to PDP.”

Vice President has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will reclaim Osun State, which was taken “through the back door’’ by the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Mr. Sambo spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at a meeting of the PDP National Campaign Committee for the Osun State governorship election scheduled for August 9.

The meeting, according to the vice president, is to mobilise and strategise on how the ruling party will win the election.

“I want to assure you that the mandate that was taken through the back door will come back to PDP, as it was seen after the election in Ekiti State.

“The people will now have the chance to choose for themselves, where they belong, which is the PDP,’’ he said.

The vice president, who spoke before the meeting went into close door, added that the PDP was prepared to repeat the victory it recorded in the June 21 Ekiti governorship election.

“We all know that Osun belong to PDP, those people there now, never went through a successful election,’’ he said.

Ekiti 2014: Crisis Brews Over PDP Guber Primaries

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prepares for the Ekiti governorship election billed for June 21, plots to install a consensus candidate seems to be generating fresh crisis within the party.

 While the national secretariat of PDP has slated March 15 as the date for primary election for the emergence of governorship candidate, some aspirants of the party from the state are determined to ensure the emergence of a consensus candidate, saying it has the blessing of the presidency.

 It was gathered that those aspirants will tomorrow meet with the national leadership of PDP, under Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu to advance their position for the adoption of a consensus candidate for the governorship election.