Delta State Governor Uduaghan To Run For Senatorial Seat In 2015

Today, Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan officially announced his ambitions to run for the Delta South Senatorial district election in 2015. He spoke with journalists in Asaba, the state's capital.

He maintained there is an unwritten zonal arrangement on where the senatorial race would go at every point in time.

"This unwritten understanding gives the opportunity to the Itsekiri race, in the senatorial district, to take its turn and I have every right to go," the Governor said.

"When it comes to the issue of election, I have a lot to offer, but the election being one year from now is not what I should break my head over."

He also denied the assumptions that he might leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying there is no need for such move, as he is a founding and a lifetime member of the party.

"There is nothing that will ever make me to leave the party. I will swim and sink in PDP and I also know that the party will not sink. I will continue to be a member of PDP because Delta is a complete PDP state. Few persons in the opposition parties who have not defected to PDP are still waiting for a date to do so," Governor Uduaghan said.

He added that people of Delta State in particular, and Nigerians at large, can be sure that present challenges the PDP is facing would soon become a thing of the past, and the party remains a strong-based party that is difficult to beat.

The Governor urged the party faithful to support President Goodluck Jonathan and his 2015 political ambition. According to the Governor, the President has done well, but it is unfortunate that many of his achievements are not properly reported; furthermore, the present administration faces more security challenges than the previous.

"We are going round the state to appeal to them to give Mr President a chance to continue," the Governor said.

Source: Legit.ng