Kogi State Governor, Capt Idris Wada, has said he was not bothered by the stance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Working Committee (NWC), not to give him automatic ticket ahead of the election slated for November 21, 2015.
Addressing newsmen last week, National Organising Secretary, Abubakar Mustapha, had assured aspirants for the governorship ticket that there would be a level playing field for all of them as there would be no automatic ticket for Wada.
At an interactive session with journalists shortly after picking his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms yesterday, Wada said he was not bothered by the position of the Uche Secondus-led NWC as he noted that there was no provision for automatic ticket in the PDP constitution.
Wada said:” By the grace of God, I am not disturbed, there is no provision in the PDP constitution that says first term governors have automatic ticket. It is a process and what we are doing today is part of it. There is a process that must be followed. So, I don’t think that it is a new thing.”
Governor Wada, who expressed confidence that he would defeat other contenders to emerge as the party standard bearer, however, assured the party faithful that he would support whoever emerges if he was defeated at the party primary scheduled for September.
“If I lose the party ticket, I will support whoever wins. For me, it isn’t a do or die affair,” he said.
The governor declared that based on his performance in office, the PDP would retain the state as he submitted that the party put up impressive performance in the last general elections.
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