The Adamawa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP played host to people from the Bwatiye nation in Monday recounting plan to consolidste its strength and retain its hold on the state.
The PDP which currently has the governor in place is expandibg its reach across the state, according to the party Chairman, Alhaji Hamza Madagali who spoke in Yola on Monday against the background of a decimated main opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, and deeply factionalised African Democratic Congress, ADC.
Trendibg News reports that many otable Adamawa people have left the APC, including its governorship candidate in 2023, Aishatu Ahmed Binani, ex-Governor Jibrilla Bindow; its Senator for Adamawa North District till 2023, Ishaku Abbo; its senator for Adamawa Central in 2015-2019, Abdulazeez Nyako, and many others.
While these notable individuals flocked into the ADC to swell its ranks, the expanded ADC now battles expanded and expanding problems, factionalised at first with local players claiming parallel leadership but now with bigger names pitted against one another.
It is against this background that the PDP hopes to retain its superiority in the state.
“We are working to have our flag flying everywhere in each of Adamawa’s 226 political wards,” the PDP state chairman said at the Government House where he led the party’s other executives to receive the sons and daughters of the Bwatiye ethnic group from across nine local government areas of Adamawa State.
The Bwatiye people, otherwise called Bachama, converged on the Government House Banquet Hall in Yola to felicitate with the PDP executives.
The event brought together prominent politicians, traditional leaders, and youth representatives from the Bwatiye nation who reaffirmed their loyalty to the PDP.
Madagali who appreciated the Bwatiye people for their support, said the PDP is dedicated to being fair to every member so it could retain and even improve on its numerical strength to dominate electoral contests come 2027.
The Bwatiye people were led on the solidarity visit by the state Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta, who said the Bwatiye who have a history of massive support for the PDP would not relent on such support.
Represented by an adviser to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, Mr Pithon Pawa, Farauta thanked Governor Fintiri for giving appointments to many Bwatiye people and granting them meaningful voice in governance.
