The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its National Campaign Council for the Ondo governorship election scheduled for Oct. 10.
The campaign council is led by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde.
The PDP National Chairman, Mr. Uche Secondus, while inaugurating the council at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, on Friday, urged the team to ensure they deliver Ondo state to the PDP.
Secondus urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that the state election was free and fair.
He also called on all state agencies, including the security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other stakeholders to be impartial and ensure voters made their choice in a free and fair contest.
Secondus further stressed the need to respect the constitution and the Electoral Act, adding that the ruling of the Supreme Court, that security agencies and the military should not meddle in election matters outside providing adequate and equal security to all the parties within the requirements of the law should be respected.
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In his own comments, Chairman of the campaign council, Gov. Seyi Makinde, expressed the readiness of the PDP governors to support the election of the party’s candidate, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede.
“One of our responsibilities is to go into the election united. We are doing everything possible to make sure all our members and leaders in Ondo State come together.
“I do not have an atom of doubt that Ondo will soon come under the PDP. We are not afraid of competition, we will highlight all the desirable features of our candidate.
“The election of Oct. 10 is about choice between poverty and economic recovery. It is between stagnation and progress. It is a choice between continued hardship and prosperity.
“The PDP is presenting the people of Ondo State the right choice. We are not asking INEC for favour. We are only asking that they do their work,” Makinde said.
He urged the people of Ondo state to take their destiny in their hands and elect Jegede to deliver the dividends of democracy to them.
On his part, Jegede, thanked the party’s national leaders and all stakeholders for their support and expressed optimism that the PDP would win the election.
He said if elected, his administration, would return government to the people of the state.
