The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the victory the party enjoyed in the Oyo State Assembly bye-election signals the return of the Southwest geo-political zone to the PDP.
The party noted that the victory is also an indicator of the inescapable fate that will befall the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general election.
It said that the victory confirms that Nigerians of the Southwest extraction are natural democrats and that voters, at the grassroots, have seen through the propaganda, lies and deceit of the APC.
In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party maintained that the electoral success, which came in spite of the several machinations of the APC, further settles the fact that Oyo state and indeed, the Southwest, remains PDP stronghold where the party commands genuine followership and support of citizens at the grassroots.
According to the statement, “With this victory, the PDP is poised to rally with the people to retake Oyo state as well as our original states of Ogun, Osun, Ondo and even spread to Lagos state, after our inevitable victory in the forthcoming Ekiti governorship election.
” The PDP therefore charges all members in other parts of the country to leverage on the tremendous support by Nigerians across board to ensure such landslide victories at all levels of elections, come 2019.
” The repositioned PDP, rallying with Nigerians, is set to retake all our original states, including Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa, Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kogi, Bauchi, Adamawa, Yobe, Edo, Imo and spread over to Zamfara and Borno.
“The PDP congratulates the flagbearer in the Oyo bye-election, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin, the people of Ibarapa east and all our leaders and members of our great party in Oyo state for their resilience and loyalty to the good cause.
” The party also charges Hon. Igundoyin to reciprocate the support of the people by ensuring a people-oriented representation, in line with the ideology and manifesto of the PDP”
