Despite defection from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, yesterday said there was no cause
, yesterday said there was no cause for alarm and that the party is as solid as the rock of Gibraltar.The deputy governor spoke during a meeting with the PDP women stakeholders from the three state constituencies in Sagbama Council Area .
He said the PDP was gaining more grounds than other political parties as the November 11 governorship election inches closer. Ewhrudjakpo noted that the PDP-led Douye Diri administration remained focused on development of the state and is making steady progress in that regard, stressing that the few politicians who left the party, only did so in pursuit of filthy lucre.
Earlier, the member representing Sagbama Constituency 1 at the House of Assembly, Ebizi Ndiomu-Brown, described the PDP women stakeholders in Sagbama Local Government Area as a formidable front formed to work for the re-election of Governor Douye Diri and the Deputy Governor. To this end, the PDP Women Leader, Dame Christy Ebbelli, said that the women had been meeting regularly to ensure unity of purpose, adding that they were ready to defend their votes from the units to the collation centres at the ward, local government, and state levels.
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