Chief Kamorudeen Ajisafe, the National Vice Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-West Zone, says the crisis rocking the national leadership of the party will not stop its victory in the November governorship election in Ondo State.
Ajisafe, who spoke on Tuesday in Lagos, said that the chances of PDP’s candidate, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, in the November 16 election remained bright.
To him, Ajayi will defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
He assured that the PDP leadership crisis would soon be resolved, adding that Nigerians still have much confidence in the party.
Ajisafe said many Nigerians, especially voters in Ondo, had expressed confidence in PDP to better their lot, owing to what he called non-performance of APC.
“Our chances are bright. I can inform you that politicians are actually moving into our party from other political parties to demonstrate their desire to have PDP back into power.
“PDP will surely win this election and we are quite hopeful because of the support expressed by the people.
“We want INEC and security agencies to be neutral and allow fair play in the interest of the country and posterity “he said.
The PDP chieftain called on the National Assembly to amend the electoral law in order to allow for electronic transmission of all election results from polling units.
“With the electronic transmission of results, we will no longer talk of coalition centres again and that will reduce the level of the manipulation we witnessed in previous elections.”
On the national leadership crisis bedeviling the PDP, Ajisafe described the emergence of factional groups within the National Working Committee (NWC) as a product of misunderstanding and not sign of a big crisis.
“We are trying as much as possible not to allow that matter to affect us in the forthcoming Ondo election.
Eighteen political parties are fielding candidates for the November 16 governorship election.
