Let’s unite for Jonathan, Ondo PDP chief urges

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke, has called on members of the party in the state to unite for the purpose of ensuring maximum votes for President Goodluck Jonathan.

Oke, who was the PDP governorship candidate in 2012, has been making efforts to balance his conflicts with Governor Olusegun Mimiko and his desire to ensure that Jonathan gets overwhelming victory in the state.

He has been on a tour of the various senatorial districts, appealing to aggrieved members of the party to end their bickering and unite against the APC’s forces of change.

At a stakeholders meeting in Akure, Oke told the leaders and the entire membership of the party to embrace peace and shun acts that could jeopardise the party’s chances of victory in the coming elections.

Oke explained that only unity within the party and among members could bring about the victory for President Jonathan.

He charged other leaders of the party to brace up in their campaign to ensure victory for the party in the forthcoming elections.

He said, “I am here today to apologise ‎to all aggrieved members to come back and work for the party in the next election.

“I am impressed with the number of the people here today and I can be rest assured that the party is still strong in the state and a party to beat anytime.

“Forget the past and work for the party and I believe that after this election, we shall be handsomely rewarded. You should not allow opposition to take over this state. We should not fold our arms and give room for opposition to take advantage of our crisis.

“Let us all come together and call those who have left the party to come back into the fold to ensure victory for President Jonathan in the next election. PDP remains one in the state and we must all work together as one big family.”

Oke said the meeting was the second phase of the senatorial mobilisation of old members of the PDP in the state and was designed to bring them into the party’s fold.