The Niger State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to take over leadership of the state from the All Progressive Congress, APC.
The opposition party said this is their only task ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Naija News reports that Barrister Tanko Beji, stated this while presenting his acceptance speech after being declared state Chairman in the Saturday state congress by the Deputy Governor of Benue State and Chairman Congress Committee, Engr. Benson Abounu.
Speaking during the event held at the party’s secretariat in Minna, the Niger State capital, Beji maintained that anything short of victory is not acceptable for the party in the coming polls.
Naija News understands that Abounu had in the early hours of Sunday declared Beji as the winner of the contest and returned for a second term.
In the election of a total of 2305 delegates accredited, Tanko polled 2092 votes to beat his opponent, Engr. Ahmed Muktar, who got only two votes, as eight votes were null and void.
The newly elected state Chairman explained that against this backdrop, party faithful must work together assiduously to achieve the task ahead of the party as there is no time to waste.
“This is my second coming, and we told party faithful across the state during our electioneering campaign that, if elected, we will work assiduously in the interest of the party”
“We have one task ahead of us and the task is to regain leadership of Niger state. Anything short of that is not acceptable. So we must work together to ensure we get back the government of Niger State. We will change the narratives, we are going to work together for the success of the party,” he said.
Beji revealed that members who put in their time and resources for the progress of the party in the state would be rewarded adequately, saying, “on the other hand, if you betray the party, disciplinary actions will be taken against you.”
He expressed the readiness of the party executives to work to the best of their ability and even engage those that lost in the election to move the party forward.
”We will work for you with the fear of God and to the best of our ability. We will be talking to the people, particularly those who contested with us, but God decided to give us the opportunity not, because of our power not, because of our strength. We shall not exhaust our limit, we will ensure that those who need to be talked to are talked to so that together we can move our party forward,” the chairman stated.
He thanked the National Working Committee for deeming it convenient to order the election as well as all the executives that travelled to Minna to witness the congress
This article was originally published on Nigeria News