Senate President, David Mark has
finally made known his intent to contest the 2015 election following his
endorsement at the weekend by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue South
senatorial district as its sole candidate.
This would be the fifth time Mark
would be flying the party’s ticket as he has run and so far won in all the
elections for the Benue South senatorial seat since 1999.
Speaking at the party’s stakeholders
meeting in Otukpo, Benue State, Mark said on Saturday that the desire of the
Idoma community to return him to the Senate again would no doubt create history
in the political equation of the country.
The Senate President, who was
represented by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, said he was humbled by the
demand of his kinsmen and would not turn down the offer because he said the
Idoma people deserve a place in national politics.
According to Moro, “the Senate
president has accepted the call.”
Earlier, the Chairman of PDP in the
state, Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, said the endorsement was for the common good of the
Idoma nation which he asserted cannot afford to downplay the prominence the
office of the Senate president has brought to the tribe.
The motion for the adoption of Mark
as the party’s flag bearer for the zone in 2015 was moved by the Deputy Speaker
of the Benue State House of Assembly, Stephen Omeje, a move that was
unanimously agreed to by all.
Dignitaries present at the meeting include
deputy governor of the state, Chief Steven Lawani, Rep. Hassan Saleh, former
minister of state for Education, Prof. Jerry Agada and all the nine local
government Chairmen in the zone
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