2023 AND THE STAND OF THE PDP.... "It Is The Turn Of The South. This Is The Truth And The Party Should Abide By It.” Senator Bassey.

Sen. Gershom Bassey

"Only the truth can save the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State." Gershom.

Senator Gershom Bassey, representing the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River, Nigeria, has reiterated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP must stand on the truth which was agreed in 2015 by the stakeholders of the party in the state.

Senator Bassey made this known during a rally at the PDP Secretariat in Calabar to celebrate Christmas and carry out consultations before deciding if he would declare to run for governorship in 2023.

The Senator who arrived the venue of the event in company of over 188 support groups, noted that, only the truth can save the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State.

 “In 2015, as a party, we said it was the turn of the Northern Senatorial District and we zoned the governorship to the north. 

“This was because in 1999, Mr Donald Duke from the Southern Senatorial District became the governor and after eight years in 2007, PDP zoned the governorship to the Central Senatorial District.

“This arrangement brought Sen. Liyel Imoke to be the governor for eight years; now after all the zones have led for eight years, it is the turn of the south, this is the truth and the party should abide by it,”  he maintained.

Responding, Mr Venatius Ikem, Chairman of PDP in Cross River, said he had no doubt that the party’s executive would stand by the truth in choosing a candidate for the 2023 gubernatorial election. 

Ikem said the party would provide a level-playing ground for all the aspirants of the party for the 2023 elections. 

Source: Daily Times