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| Ifeanyi Okowa. |
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has dropped a bombshell concerning how he emerged and accepted to be the vice presidential candidate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
He
said: “I did not betray Southern Nigeria by accepting to be Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar’s running mate.”
“I will not join issues with any group
on the issue, especially the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF)
because they are leaders I hold in high esteem.”
“I want to respect our leaders; I always
do and I believe that they have their opinions and they are well-meaning
leaders so I am not going to join issues with them.”
“The important thing is that I belong to
a political party and I’m part of the decisions of the party, including
agreement of it’s leadership that the best part to rescue the nation is to
throw the presidential ticket race open.”
“Having agreed to that and also
submitted myself to be a politician in the Peoples Democratic Party, I am ruled
by the polices of the party as they are.”
“And, since we have all agreed that we
wanted to throw the presidential candidacy open and Atiku Abubakar emerged, the
onus is for us to support him.”
“We are not expecting that he would be
the candidate from the North and also have a vice presidential candidate from
the North. That would be leading to further division.”
“As a party craving to rebuild the
nation, taking the right decisions that will foster unity of the nation is very
important to the PDP.”
“We are talking about rebuilding this
nation and our unity. So, to a very large extent, we have to take the right
decisions, and having submitted myself to be a member of the PDP, I would have
to submit myself to the decisions of the party and that is what has happened.”
“That does not mean a disrespect to the
views of those leaders. They are leaders that I respect so much. But under this
condition, they have to understand that I have committed myself to the PDP.”
“I am a politician. If I am not, it may
be different. So, I will have to play along to the collective decisions of the
party and I want to appeal to them that they need to actually look at the issue
as it is and be very cautious about the stands that we take.”
“Every statement we make, even while it
is important that we make our decisions, it is important that we also realise
that the unity of this nation is important and we need to move forward from
whereever we are at the moment.”
“On adding strength to the presidential
ticket of the PDP, I was acceptable to the structures of the party across the
nation having been in the party since inception and grown through political
ranks.”
“I am somebody who is a team-player
which is very important for us, and we have various experiences in various
elections before now.”
“Though I am a governor, I have grown
through the political ranks and I have played very critical roles in the party
at some point in time.”
“I believe that a combination of all
these will enable me assist the presidential candidate of the party and the
rest of the party leadership to be able to put up the right strategy for us to
win the elections.”
“I have a very clear understanding of
what the issues in the polity are and how to navigate through them.”
“I have a very clear understanding of
the issues that have been put forth by our candidate and in terms of
governance, I have been privileged to have started my politics at the
grassroots.”
“My being in the Senate exposed me to
national politics and issues of national development and I have been relating
well with my colleagues as a governor in the last seven years, discussing what
is best for Nigeria.”
“All of these exposures are huge
advantage, understanding grassroots and national politics and I think that will
obviously enable me add strength to the ticket.”
“I have started reaching out to my
colleagues and other leaders of the party and I am encouraged by the response
so far on unifying the party.”
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