Kogi State governor, Idris Wada, on Thursday, said he would emerge as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship election in November.
He also boasted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory would not in any way spill his chances, adding that he would defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polls.
Wada told newsmen at the PDP National Secretariat after picking his expression of interest and nomination form for the party’s primary, that he was not perturbed that the party refused to give him an automatic ticket.
He said automatic ticket for sitting governors was never enshrined in the PDP constitution.
His words: “Buhari is now the President by God’s grace. But the election that brought him in also gave him victory in Kogi State.
“However, I can tell you that during the legislative elections, the PDP won most of the available seats, so I am confident that the coming election will also go our way, by the grace of God.
“You could observe that while President Buhari won the presidential election in Kogi state, PDP clearly won the state assembly positions. That shows that PDP is clearly on ground in the state.
“No doubt, having an APC President at the federal level will have impact on the election; (but) I am confident that our people will vote massively for PDP.” .
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