Former President of the Senate, Dr. David Mark has reiterated his
commitment and loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
saying he
would not abandon the party.
Speaking in Makurdi, on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting,
Senator Mark said he joined the PDP due to its ideology and not because
he wanted to become a Senator or to hold any office.
He assured the state executive and other stakeholders of the party
that PDP would come out of the crisis stronger than ever, adding that
peace would soon return to the party.
He however, advised “those who play PDP in the day time and APC in
the night”, to change their mind, because, according to him, “those in
the APC do change their mind also “.
Senator Mark also lamented the arrest and continuous detention of
former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam by the agency of the
state, stressing that, arrangements were in place to “do everything
legally possible to get him out”.
He condemned the spate of killings in Benue State and called on
Governor Samuel Ortom to as a matter of urgency, deploy means of
securing lives and properties of the citizenry, which he said was a
cardinal point of every government.
On the forthcoming local government polls in Benue, Senator Mark
urged party loyalists to remain calm and not be deterred by the ruling
party, which had allegedly vowed to write results from their rooms and
take to the radio for announcements.
“We are not going to rig the election, but we would not also allow
anybody to rig as well. We will not abandone you, we will fight for you
and stand by you”, he assured the aspirants.
Earlier, the state chairman of PDP, Hon. Sir John Ngbede charged the
stakeholders to work for the success of the party at the grassroots,
stressing that Benue State belonged to PDP and the party would emerge
victorious at the local government polls and 2019 general elections.
While assuring the aspirants of a leveled playing ground at the party
primaries, Ngbede said the party would hold councillorship and
chairmanship primaries on 18th and 26th April respectively, while the
local government polls would hold on the 3rd of June, 2017, as scheduled
by the state election umpire.
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