The Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, said on Saturday he has no plan to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mbah, who spoke during an interactive session with the members of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) in Enugu, said he was still in the party.
He said: “I am still in the PDP, as you can see, the flag behind me is that of the PDP.”
The governor stressed that challenges in the PDP are not peculiar to the party as other political parties in the country were also facing challenges.
Mbah expressed optimism that the party would soon resolve its problems.
On independent candidacy, Mbah added: “Our constitution does not recognise or have provision for someone to run as an independent candidate. It means you have to be sponsored by a political party.
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“So you must still do politics as you cannot completely shield yourself from it.
“It is also clear from the people of Enugu State that we are in this to serve them. So we have focused largely on governance.
“I believe that at the end of the day, the people would have to decide whether they want to renew our mandate or kick us out.”
The governor revealed that his rival in the 2023 governorship election in Enugu, Chijioke Edeoga, had returned to the party to join him in moving the state forward.
“So we’re working closely together and that has also brought a lot of peace as we are not spending money dealing with all sorts of political fights.
“We are quite peaceful here in terms of politics and working together. We have to collaborate with an institution or a person in order to achieve our common goal and build our state,” he concluded.
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