The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday presented Certificate of Return to Governor Godwin Obaseki as its flag bearer for the September 19 Edo State gubernatorial poll.
The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, who presented the certificate to Obaseki, commended the party’s electoral committee for holding a peaceful and successful primary in Edo State.
He said: “This is a party of justice, this is a party of equity and this is a party of fairness.
“The power belongs to the people.
“It is not us, it is you and, so the power belongs to you.
“Today, we have taken an important step to ensure that Edo people believe in us.
“So from Edo, we will move to Ondo and gradually to all part of the country.”
Obaseki, speaking after receiving the party’s Certificate of Return, commended the party and its leadership for accommodating his team under the party’s umbrella during their hours of storm in the All Progressives Congress.
He said it was when he and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu, joined the PDP they realised the party represented the values they had been pursuing.
He said: “It was only when we entered the house that we then realised that this is the house we should have been in the first instance because we now saw that the values in the house are the values we cherished and live for.
Obaseki said his team had no doubt that the PDP was going to be victorious in the September 19 election, adding that he could see the hand of God in all happening.
He gave assurance that he and his deputy would be committed to the party’s idea and vision for the people.
He said: “What all these occurrences in the last forthright tell me is that it is hand of God that orders things.
