The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has dispelled rumours
suggesting that he is not backing the presidential bid of Atiku Abubakar and
his running mate, Peter Obi, who are candidates of his party, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the next presidential election.
Ekweremadu described the reports as “cheap blackmail, smear
campaign, and extreme propaganda,” adding that the party is more united than
before.
The politician in multiple tweets on his twitter handle on Monday
explained that: “My attention has been drawn to the orchestrated attempts by
some characters to create the impression of a divided house in PDP in the
coming presidential election. Such characters dish out fake and divisive
stories without source on a daily basis and attribute same to me.
“While I refuse to be distracted by such cheap blackmail,
smear campaign, and extreme propaganda, it is important to reassure our
supporters that the PDP is united and focused on wresting power from the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
“After the PDP lost the presidency and majority status at
the National Assembly in 2015, I made it clear that I would stand by the party,
no matter what. It took other party stakeholders and I a lot of efforts,
sacrifices, soul-searching, and painstaking negotiations to hold the party
together and rebuild it. If I did not abandon the PDP at its darkest hour, it
does not make the slightest sense to say that I abandoned it now that its sun
is rising again.”
Meanwhile, the PDP leader in the Senate noted that “I have
held separate meetings with our vice presidential candidate, Obi and the
Chairman, South East Governors Forum, Dave Umahi, to work out strategies for
the success of our party and candidates in the coming elections. We are also
setting up a meeting of South-east PDP stakeholders by weekend to continue to
strategise on the coming elections.
“I have no doubt that the South-east leaders will deliver
the region overwhelmingly to the PDP, and I expect that other leaders will also
do the same in their respective geopolitical zones.”
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