•As PDP presents flags to Mbah, other candidates
Members of the G-5 Governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Friday stormed Enugu, the Enugu State capital for the flag-off of Enugu PDP 2023 campaigns, declaring Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as reliable and dependable.
Wike was accompanied by the Governors Seyi Makinde and Samuel Ortom of Oyo and Benue States respectively, as well as the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the PDP, Alhaji Taofik Arapaja, among other national leaders of the party.
Arapaja and the National Vice Chairman Southeast, Chief Ali Odefa, had on behalf of the party, presented the PDP flags to the governorship candidate of PDP in Enugu State, Barr. Peter Mbah and other candidates of the party in the state ahead of the elections.
Speaking at the event at Michael Okpara Square Enugu, Wike said the coming of the G-5 governors and PDP leaders to Enugu was to tell the people of the state the they were solidly behind him.
He said, “Our coming here today is to tell you that we are solidly behind Ugwuanyi. He is a reliable and dependable person.
“Ugwuanyi is somebody who you can go to war with and he won’t let you down and your two eyes will be closed.
“Ugwuanyi is somebody when he says yes, his yes is yes. No wonder the entire people of Enugu State are solidly behind him and they have come out to say, ‘my brothers, Ugwuanyi is our own.”
Wike stated that because of Ugwuanyi’s dependability, the G-5 governors would fully back the Enugu PDP governorship candidate, Peter Mbah and all the other candidates of the party in the state to ensure that Enugu remained PDP state after the 2023 elections.
“Since Ugwuanyi is our own, Mbah is also our own. We will all give PDP candidates the necessary support to ensure that you emerge victorious in the coming elections.
“Now that it is obvious that Mbah and all PDP candidates in Enugu have won, the opposition seems not happy. But we must celebrate,” Wike said.
He commended the people of the state for the support you are giving Ugwuanyi, assuring them that the young man who is going to take over from Ugwuanyi is going for consolidation.
Benue State governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom said with what they had seen, there was no doubt that PDP would win Enugu elections.
“We have come, we have seen and we are going with the impression that Enugu is PDP. This election is very critical. We have to thank you for the support you are giving to PDP,” Ortom said.
Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde, while congratulating the party on the successful flag off of their campaign, said, it only showed that the party would have a successful election in Enugu.
He however cautioned them not to take the impending victory for granted but embark on more grassroots mobilisation for the party until the election is not won.
Elated Ugwuanyi thanked the people of Enugu State for their continued support and solidarity.
“I want assure you that in 2023, we will finish well and strong. And very soon, Peter Mbah will emerge victorious in the coming election.
“It has pleased the Almighty God that since 1999, our people have been voting for PDP. In 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019, Ndi Enugu voted massively for PDP.
“In 2023, by the special grace of God and with your support, PDP will emerge victorious again.”