2019: PDP will rebound in Kogi — Ex-Gov Idris

A former Governor of Kogi State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, aka Ibro, has expressed optimism that his party will upstage the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2019.

Idris, who spoke yesterday, on the sidelines of the PDP ward congresses which were held across the 21 local government areas of the state at the weekend, said the party had reinvented itself and would come out stronger in the next election.

He regretted that the PDP lost the 2015 gubernatorial election because of internal squabbles and imposition of candidates, adding that the party had learnt from its mistakes.

He expressed surprise over the level of support and goodwill the party still enjoyed from people of the state, saying the next governorship election would just be a “walkover for the PDP as landslide victory is assured.”

According to him, “In 2019, by the grace of God, PDP will field a governorship candidate that is young, focused, highly educated, intelligent and dynamic, who will listen to the pieces of advice from elderly and experienced people; and above all, who will have the fear of God.

“We would not field somebody who will tear the state apart, neither shall we bring somebody that will spread hunger and starvation; but somebody that will wipe away our poverty and make the state great again.

“Elders say it is when a man marries the second wife that he knows who is better. We, as a party, have learnt our lessons, and the electorate has also learnt their lessons that Kogi State is safer and more secured in the hands of PDP because they have tasted the second wife and now know who is better,” he said.