2023: PDP will takeover APC govts during general elections – Baba Tela

The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Baba Tela has expressed confidence in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying the party would take over from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, at both state and Federal levels during the 2023 general elections.

The former lawmaker made this known on Saturday while briefing journalists on the conduct of the party’s Ward Congress in Yola, the Adamwa State capital.

According to him, the national opposition party was poised to win over at least 70 per cent of all the elective positions in the forthcoming general elections.

“From 1999 to date, the strength of the PDP is intact as the party is going stronger by the day.

“I am assuring you that by 2023 general election, PDP is poise to take more than 70 per cent of positions in states and federal level,” he said.

Senator Baba Tela, who served as the Returning Officer for the party’s Ward Congress in Adamawa, expressed satisfaction on the exercise, stating that it was violence-free.

The deputy governor, who noted that the Congress was conducted in line with the party’s constitution, also revealed that members of the Congress Committee had monitored the exercise in some wards.

“We are highly impressed with the way people conducted themselves and we will report same to the National Headquarters,” he added.