Bauchi Gov lauds Delta PDP loyalists amidst collapsed structure

By Rauf Oyewole

The Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed has hailed the loyalists of the party despite defection of major figures in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mohammed declared his support for the stakeholders of the party in Delta and vowed to contribute to the victories of PDP in the coming elections.

He made the remarks when he hosted a delegation of Deltans who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Bauchi on Wednesday. The delegation was led by Chief Edwin Olley and Hon. Micheal Tidi Esq, the immediate Chairman of Warri South Local Government of Delta State. 

The Governor described the leaders as “real party men” who were among the original founding members of PDP in the state that have contributed immensely to the development and victory of the Party in Delta and Nigeria as a whole at various elections.

He commended their doggedness and upholding the ideology of the Party by not shifting their loyalty away from the house they built in a wave of political cross-carpeting.

He assured them that PDP is the party of time, that will forever remain darling to Nigerians in the modern democracy, looking at the fact that it is the most formidable and focused in terms of meeting national ideals across all regions.

The governor assured them that he would continue to identify with them and all other committed PDP faithful across the country. 

In their remarks, Chief Edwin Olley and Hon. Dr Micheal Tidi esq, commended the Governor for his leadership role as Chairman of the PDP Forum describing him as a rallying pillar for the continued survival and sense of direction to the party.

They requested for his support and co-operation to put the Delta State PDP in a new direction after the exit of their state Governor from the Party, attesting that Delta State is overwhelmingly PDP state throughout the history of present democracy.