Abaribe: PDP Ready to Win Edo, Ondo Guber Polls

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed its readiness to win the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States respectively.

Leader of the PDP Caucus in the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, told journalists at the end of the caucus meeting on Wednesday that the minority party in the upper legislative chamber met "and considered matters that are germane to internal matters of the caucus, and we also discussed matters related to the party and the recent party congresses  held in all the states of the federation."

According to him, the caucus was aware there would soon be governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States, stressing the need for the PDP not to only participate but to 'capture' the two states.

He said: "We also considered the fact that there would be elections in two states of Edo and Ondo. We resolved that we will encourage our members in both states to capture those states, so that we can increase the number of states under the PDP in Nigeria.

"Every election under this new regime of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is turned into a battle front, so I'm using the battle language. The PDP is very ready to make sure that those states that were under PDP before will return to the fold."

The Senate Minority Leader also pledged the support of the minority caucus to the fight the COVID-19 pandemic, saying: "We agreed that we are going to support the federal government in its fight against the pandemic, as we urge Nigerians to do their best to stay safe."

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