The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, has told party loyalists and Nigerians that the party will be in control of nothing less 25 states next year.
Ayu said the party will have a sweeping and commanding victory across state of the federation during the 2023 general elections as it used to in the past.
Ayu expressed the optimism when he spoke after a closed-door meeting with the party’s governorship candidates from the 34 states across the country on Wednesday at the party’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to Ayu, the governorship candidates met with some members of the National Working Committee to express their concerns in their various states on the efforts they were making to win elections in their states.
“The candidates came and express their concerns in their various states. Briefed us on the efforts they are making in their various states to win the elections.
“We want to return about 25 state governors or more as we used to have. So the mood in the party is excellent.
“We are very determined that we don’t just win at the national level, states and national assemblies, and state governorship, we want to return about 25 state governors or more as we used to have. So the mood in the party is excellent.”
The meeting came amid leadership crisis in the party where pressure is being mounted on Ayu to step aside as one of the conditions for reconciliation, according to the camp of the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.