A former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Prof. Onje Gyewado, was
among over 50,000 party faithful that returned to the Peoples
Democratic Party on Saturday in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
The returnees, who were from the Congress for Progressive Change, the
Action Congress of Nigeria and the Labour Party, were received at the
PDP Secretariat at a grand reception in Lafia by the National Chairman of the Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
Gyewado led those that decamped from the ACN, while Iliya Diko and
Nawani Aboki led the returnees from CPC and LP respectively.
Addressing them, Tukur said that the development was an indication
that the party was ready to take over power from the ruling CPC in the state.
He said that the party was still strong in the state and ready to
correct the mistakes of the past that led to its defeat in the 2011
general election.
Tukur said that the party was committed to fairness, justice and
reconciliation across the ranks in the party.
He said that party machinery had been put in motion to woo aggrieved
members to return to the party in the interest of national unity,
peace and development.
Earlier, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, restated the
“unwavering loyalty” of the state executive of the party to the
National Executive Committee led by Tukur.
Maku said that the party’s antecedence in the state was still visible,adding that members of the party in the state had resolved to work for the victory of PDP in the 2015 elections.
He told the visiting National Executive Committee members that
Nasarawa State was still in support of PDP.
He said: “Your Excellency, I want to tell you today that Nasarawa
state is the home of PDP in Nigeria.
“The state had been loyal to the party since 1999 before an evil wind
that came over the state and caused the party to relinquish power to
the opposition in 2011.
“Your Excellency, the people of the state are aware that all that they are seeing in the state today in health, education and road
infrastructure is a product of the PDP government.”
The minister said that the return of the party to power in 2015 would
be the best means of guaranteeing peace in the state.
In their separate remarks, the returnees pledged their unalloyed
loyalty to the leadership of the party at the state and national
levels.
Gyewado, who led about 24,000 supporters from the ACN, said the
returnees were committed to the ideals of the founding fathers of the
party.He promised that those who returned to the party would work for the unity and development of the state.
On his part, Diko said that the supporters were motivated by the
desire to support development, promote peaceful and coexistence among
the communities in the state.
He said that all those that decamped from CPC would work for the
success of the party in the state.
Aboki said that all the over 25,000 LP faithful that dissolved into
PDP would emerge victorious in 2015 elections in the state.
He said that the defection of the members was the end of LP in the state.
The immediate past governor the state, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe-Doma, state, zonal and national executive members of the party also attended the
event.
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