Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta’s Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that the party is in charge of the South-East.
This is the zone rising Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, hails from but Okowa believes the PDP, which has always won it, is still the party to beat there.
This is as he noted that it could defeat the All Progressives Congress in the South-West, the base of the All Progressives Congress’ Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
He made the declaration at a PDP Southeast zonal stakeholders meeting in Enugu on Tuesday.
He said the present electoral trajectory showed that only the PDP had the requisite strength and capacity to win at the 2023 general elections in the six geo-political zones.
“A lot is happening in the Northwest and Northeast; we are very strong. In the North-Central and the South-South, we have become strong; and PDP is in-charge in the Southeast.
“We saw what happened in Osun. We are in charge of Oyo and Ondo states.
“A lot is happening in Ogun and Ekiti states and even in the very Lagos State, PDP is going to compete favourably,’’ he said.
The presidential running mate said the presence of other political parties would be felt in a few places during the elections and diminish afterwards.
Okowa said the PDP’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has the solution to Nigeria’s many problems because of his vast knowledge, experience and capacity.
