Why PDP Will Win In 2023-Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of River State says the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) now has good leadership in place to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. A statement by Governor Wike’s media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, indicates that he said this at the flag-off of the Oyigbo-Okoloma Road in Oyigbo local government area which was performed by the national chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, on December 22.

Governor Wike said concerned stakeholders fought for the change of the immediate past national leadership of the PDP because they wanted to reposition the party to win the presidency in 2023. He said such a change of leadership at the national level was also to avert a situation of doom for the opposition party. The governor, therefore, urged the PDP national chairman to brace up to the task ahead of him and capitalise on the opportunity he has to effect positive change in the party and return PDP to the presidency.

In his remarks, Ayu commended Governor Wike and PDP governors for spreading development to every nook and crannies of their states. According to him, the APC-controlled government is busy borrowing money from foreign creditors and increasing the debt burden on Nigeria while PDP governors were visible and delivering dividends of democracy. He berated APC governors, saying one of them has abandoned his governorship responsibilities in his state to reside in Abuja to do party chairmanship job in an apparent reference to Governor Mai Mala Buni who is the APC caretaker committee chairman.