2023: PDP Presents Certificates of Return to Oduah, Uba, 28 Others
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has presented Certificates of Return to 30 candidates who won the party primaries into the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly.
Addressing journalists Wednesday night after receiving the certificates, Senator Chris Uba while expressing gratitude to God and the people of Anambra, reiterated commitment towards ensuring victory for the PDP at all levels during the 2023 general elections.
According to him: "It has been a long journey but God has helped us to get to this place and we are promising Anambra people that we are ready for the election and we are going to succeed.
“We have the capacity and everything to run and win this election. PDP has no problem. We are one united family. The Labour you are talking about is our brother. Obi is our brother. He is even going to support us because he knows our capacity and we are ready to succeed."
Speaking on the existing relationship between Governor Charles Soludo who was voted into power on the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Uba said he doesn't have any issues with Obi, saying they are brothers.
"Our governor is very close to us. He is the governor of our state, he is our father. We respect him. We are all his children. He has to support us and we are going to succeed. We are cooperating with the governor.
“We do not have a problem. We are one family. For the presidential election, we do not have any problem. You are talking about Obi. Obi is our brother. If God says Obi is going to be president, he is going to be president. Anybody God says is going to be we are going to support the person," he added
On her part, Senator Stella Oduah applauded the delegates for voting en-masse during the primaries, vowing that the PDP candidates were adequately equipped with strategies to combat the other political parties.
"About six of us are sitting members in the National Assembly and about six as well for State Assembly. The rest are new people but with wonderful antecedents. For those who are already sitting, if you take Hon. Lynda Ikpeazu, who is representing Onitsha North and South, you have to visit to see the remarkable work that is going and would continue going on," Oduah said
Responding to question on the emergence of the former Peter Obi as the presidential candidate of Labour Party, she said they were not jittery that the Labour Party was coming into Anambra, adding that it was not the first time new parties would be coming into the state.
"But like I said Anambra is a PDP state. That apart, we have people with capacity and antecedents of performance. When you have those two, what do you have to fear? You don’t have to fear anything. Politics is local.
“What we are contesting for is to represent our people to ensure that we continue doing the good work we have been doing. They know we are performers. So they cannot leave what they know to go to what they do not know. Our campaign is going to be what we have done, what we are doing and what we are going to do.
“Labour cannot say that. Labour is in anticipation of what they might do. So you do not have a comparison. We are not jittery at all. We are more than capable and we are going to defeat Labour.
"On how we get along with the governor of Anambra State, we get on very well. First of all, we are brothers and sisters. He is our governor no doubt about that. But you are talking about legislative elections. He will support us for the simple reason that he knows our capacity.
“What we want is to have the Igbos participate at the national level. Now the candidate that would take us to that level clearly has to be at the majority party. We are the majority party. We were not last time, but 2023 we are going to be the majority party and that is where the Igbos should be.
“We should be at the centre. So this is not about brotherhood and sisterhood, but what is best for our people and we believe we are best for our people," Oduah added.