From Wole Ayodele in Jalingo

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in Taraba State, Mr Victor Bala Kona, has revealed
that the state chapter of the party decided to remain
neutral in the protracted leadership tussle at the
national level of the party in order to consolidate on
the gains it recorded at the 2015 polls.

Fielding questions during an interactive session with
newsmen in Jalingo on Thursday, Bala Kona stated
that the party would have been factionalised in the
state if they had taken sides with any of the warring
faction and would have had a negative effect on the
party during the National and state Assemblies’ by
elections as well as the recently concluded local
government elections in the state.

According to him, “In Taraba, I can assure you that
there is no crisis in the PDP. Our concern is to
continue to consolidate the party’s position in the
state and that is what we are doing. In the face of the
crisis, we won rerun elections for House of
Representatives and state Assembly seats and
cleared all the chairmanship seats in the just
concluded local government elections.”

He however expressed optimism that the crisis
rocking the party would soon be a thing of the past,
stressing that the party would emerge stronger from
the crisis to reclaim its foremost position in the
country.

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