LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-A high level chieftain/leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in South-South, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has expressed confidence that despite the present annulment by the election tribunal affecting the governors and their lawmakers in South-South region, there is no way APC can take the South-South states from PDP.
Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt while on solidarity visit to PDP secretariat Onuesoke said if rerun election is held fifty times in the South-South states where both the governorship and members of house of assembly elections were annulled by the election tribunal PDP will still emerge victorious.
Referring particular to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states where the governorship and house of Assembly elections were annulled by the tribunal, he argued that APC agenda to take over PDP states in South-South region would fail because the South-South region is made of people with democratic idea and not republican.
Onuesoke stressed that APC cannot take the South –South states by force because they are in control at the national level.
He advised the ruling party to allow the constitution of this country to determine the faith of the people of South-South states, adding that attempt for APC to force itself on the people would be futile hence the people know no other party than PDP.
The PDP Chieftain recalled that since the emergence of political dispensation in 1989, PDP had been winning the South-South states with large margin, adding that no tricks whatsoever would make the electorate vote for another party.
“Why will the electorates vote for another when they are experiencing the abundant achievements of PDP governance in their various states and constituencies. In the South-South states under PDP they are benefitting free education, scholarship to higher institions, increment in bursary allowances, free medical facilities, provision of employments, construction of infrastructures and maintenance of existing ones and other social benefits,” he stated.