PDP warns against ‘snatch it’ syndrome in Edo, Ondo polls

Fubara says PDP failed Rivers

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned politicians against the desperate political practice of grabbing and snatching power, particularly in the November 2024 governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states.
 
However, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has claimed that the party failed his state.
 
PDP’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, who gave the warning in Abuja, yesterday, while inaugurating the campaign councils for the two states, expressed optimism that his party deserved victory because of the performance of Governor Godwin Obaseki in Edo.
 

“So, Edo is there for us because we have done well and we will take it back to the PDP. Edo has always been PDP,” he stressed.  
 
Damagum enjoined members of Edo PDP National Campaign Council to ensure that the party retains the state.
 
He stated that PDP lost Ondo owing to high handedness, and expressed confidence that with the situation on the ground, the party would win the state in the November governorship poll.
 
“We are now more committed, more resolved,” Damagum stated, noting that with the emergence of Agboola Ajayi as the party’s candidate, PDP stood a better chance to win Ondo.
  

“Just to show you that we are truly a democratic party, we don’t grab, we don’t steal, but we work with the people and we open our hands to them and show them what we will do for them.”
 
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, who is also Chairman of Edo State National Campaign Council, assured that the two committees would not leave anything to chance.
 
Finitri described Edo and Ondo governorship as low-hanging fruits for PDP, adding, “we should go with all seriousness; we will match the All Progressives Congress (APC).”
  
The governor noted that with technology, rigging would be minimal, disclosing that PDP registered over 2,000 members since the party began new membership drive.
 
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, is the Chairman of Ondo National Campaign Council.

FUBARA made the claim, yesterday, while receiving a delegation from the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, led by Orji Uzor Kalu.
 
The governor, who was reportedly disappointed at the party’s silence on the crisis between him and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, said the state would, from now on, stand firm and defend democracy.
 
He said Rivers was relying on a mass movement based on truth and consistency instead of party politics.
 
Fubara said: “In our state today, we are no longer doing party; we are doing a movement, so you don’t blame me if I don’t go to the side of the party too much.
 
“The party has failed us here, so what we are doing here is to stand with our two legs on the soil of Rivers to defend democracy.”