State governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and stakeholders have resolved to work with any candidate that emerges as the
party’s chairman at its forthcoming national convention in Abuja on December 9, 2017.
The Chief Press secretary to the Bayelsa State Governor, Francis Ottah Agbo, stated that the decision was reached at a meeting of PDP Governors in Enugu, recently. The meeting was also attended by the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi; Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio; some former governors, ministers and other party chieftains.
After the meeting in Government House, Enugu, Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, said that the
decision was to protect the party’s interest above other considerations and conduct a free, fair, transparent and credible convention that would serve as a template for other political parties to emulate.
The Ekiti governor, who expressed his conviction that the PDP would clinch victory in the 2019 general elections.
