President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday hailed
the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) for its efforts in bringing back Ekiti to the
PDP fold and urged it to bring back Lagos, Osun
and others.
Jonathan made the commendation when
members of PDP National Executive Committee
(NEC), led by its Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu,
visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to
congratulate him on the successful conduct of the
Ekiti elections.
The president challenged the PDP to continue to
work hard so as to ensure electoral victory for
the party in future elections in the country.
”At least, we have seen clearly that Ekiti is now a
PDP state. We pray that we will work very hard,
sell our ideas, our programmes, manifesto to
Nigerians so that we will accept us for what we
are.
We always say that we will not disappoint
Nigerians. We believe that we will even do more
in other states.”
Jonathan also commended members of the
security services, INEC and other stakeholders
for ensuring smooth and peaceful conduct of the
election.
‘‘Let me appreciate Nigerians for their
determination and patriotism for this country and
to reassure them that the PDP leadership will
continue to do its best for this country.
‘‘We are not chameleons, we don’t change, no
mutation in PDP, we don’t transform to all kinds
of characters and colours and shapes based on
circumstances, we are what we are and we will
continue to preach what we believe in and do our
best for this country,’’ he said.
The president reiterated the determination of his
administration to address all the socio-economic
challenges facing the country.
He, therefore, reassured that the PDP- led
Federal Government would continue to pursue the
ongoing transformation of all sectors of nation’s
economy, especially in the area of rail transport,
agriculture and education.
On security challenges, the president reassured
Nigerians that the problem of insurgency and
other social vices were being addressed, saying
insurgents would soon be crushed.
Earlier, Mu’azu had told the President that they
were in the Presidential Villa to congratulate him
over the electoral victory of the party in Ekiti last
Saturday.
He also thanked the president for his patience,
leadership, focus and support at all times.
Mu’azu said the election was conducted in a free,
fair and transparent manner that the result was
generally accepted by local and international
observers as well as the opposition party.
He thanked the president for ensuring internal
democracy in the PDP, adding that the Ekiti
electoral victory was a clear demonstration of the
president’s style of leadership.
According to him, the party will not have fielded
Ayodele Fayose as its governorship candidate in
the Ekiti elections, if it had considered the
Nigerian factor.
‘‘Fayose, ordinarily if the Nigerian factor comes in
will never have been our candidate but you and I
know that even after he emerged, the sort of
groups that came to report me that I have done
the wrong choice.
‘‘And more often when they are caught red-
handed coming to the Villa, Mr President will
insist that I must be there and I will say I have
seen the same people, I have explained to them,
Mr President will still insist for me to hear, to
listen that at the end of the day the truth will
prevail with the support of Mr President, hence
the choice ‘‘Because without getting our first
eleven, which is on very good support and
encouragement, we would not have been
celebrating today.’’
Fayose defeated Gov. Kayode Fayemi of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday’s
Ekiti governorship election.
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