NAIJA NEWS
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) says there is no going back on its endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi for the 2023 elections.
This position was made known in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of the forum, Ken Robinson.
The forum said while it does not have wings, those behind the purported withdrawal of PANDEF’s support for Peter Obi are influenced by childish musings based on the activities of greedy politicians.
The reiteration became necessary after a group identified as the youth wing of PANDEF declared it would support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and not Obi for the 2023 polls.
Naija News recalls Niger Delta youths under the aegis of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) Youth Wing rejected the endorsement of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by the national leadership of PANDEF.
Rising from an emergency meeting on Sunday at the headquarters of PANDEF, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the leadership of PANDEF Youth Wing announced their support for the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
In a communiqué released after the meeting, the National Deputy Youth Leader, Vincent Oyibode, said Clark and other PANDEF leaders were on their own with Obi’s endorsement.
Oyibode said Clark and other leaders did so without due consultation with stakeholders, particularly the youth body of PANDEF…
