2023 Campaign: PDP Considers Muazu, Ihedioha, Shema, Oyinlola, Others As Zonal Heads

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is considering former governor of Bauchi state, Adamu Muazu to head the Campaign Council of party’s presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in the northeast.

A source within the party who attended the Presidential Campaign’s Inaugural meeting, Thursday in Abuja also hinted that the party wanted to decentralize its 600-membership campaign council inaugurated, Wednesday in Abuja.

According to the source who does not want his name mentioned in print revealed that the party also appointed former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema to head the presidential campaigns in the Northwest.

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Former Osun state governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, is also been considered to lead the campaign team in South West, as former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has been pencilled down to head the campaign council in Southeast.

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The wife of the former leader of the PDP,, Mrs Josephine Anenih was also mentioned as the head of the campaigns for the South South geo political zone.

Also, for North Central, the party is considering Chief Chille Igbawua from Kogi state as the head.

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When contacted to validate the names of those who are to lead the party’s campaign council at the zonal level, PDP National Organising Secretary, Hon. Umar Bature simply stated, “not true”.

Earlier in his remarks at the inaugural meeting, the chairman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel promised that the council will focus on issues that affect and that will make Nigeria better.

He also charged members of the campaign organisation to ensure that the presidential campaigns are issue-based.

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Akwa Ibom State Governor continued “this campaigns which I am the chairman by the Grace of God will be issue based and focussed.

“We are going into this campaign with what the PDP has done and what it intend to do. One thing is clear PDP will turn around the economy in no distant time when we come back as the ruling party.

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“Our campaigns will be based on bottom to top, and not the top to bottom that has brought sorrow and crisis to the people. We intend to turn things around for the good of all Nigerians, he stated.

Also speaking, the Vice-Presidential candidate of PDP, Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa charged party members to take advantage of obvious unpreparedness of other political parties, including All Progressives Congress (APC).

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Okowa stated “our strength and size of our followers, as leaders, will be best tested and harnessed in our units and wards. So, I urged every leader and member of the party to return to their homes because that is where the elections will be won.

The vice-presidential candidate urged members of the North West to leverage the ongoing mass defection of people into the PDP from other political parties, especially the APC, to strengthen the ranks of the party in the zone.