Kogi Primary Election: Taraba Gov Tasks PDP Members on Unity

 

Taraba State Governor Dirus Ishaku, who is the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Screening Committee for Kogi State governorship  primary election has advised the aspirants to work in unity notwithstanding the result of the primaries.

Ishaku gave the advice while speaking with journalists at the end of the screening exercise which ended late last Monday at the PDP Legacy House in Abuja.

According to him, “They are 13 but only one person will emerge the governorship candidate; so there is a need for them, after the primary, to collapse their teams and support whoever emerges as the winner.

“Without this, they would not be able to galvanise the needed strength to rescue the mantle of leadership in the state, however, from those that we have interviewed, they spoke well.’’

Asked what he was doing to settle the crisis that broke out among the Jukun and Tiv students at the Federal University in Wukari, Ishaku said his government would restore peace in Taraba State.

“We are working assiduously, and as you know, once there is a breakdown of law and order, it is not easy to fix it overnight, but by the grace of God, everything will be alright,’’ the governor said.

One of the aspirant, Abubakar Idris, commended the calibre of people who made up the committee and the level of professionalism at which they conducted the exercise.

Abubakar, who is the son of former governor of the Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, expressed confidence that with the guidelines for the primary election, PDP would be much stronger in the state after the primaries.