Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Monday that the Peoples Democratic Party must win the governorship elections in Anambra State to tighten its grip on the South-East.

This is as he advised the PDP National Working Committee to allow the governors to supervise the conduct of congresses and governorship primary in Anambra State.

Wike in a statement by his Special Assistant  on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said winning the November governorship election in Anambra was critical to the PDP and concerted effort must be made to ensure that nobody was alienated in the processes leading to the election of the party’s flag bearer.

The Rivers State governor made this remark while addressing PDP leaders in the South-East during a meeting held in Enugu on Monday to reconcile Anambra stakeholders ahead of the November election.

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He explained that he was in Enugu, the State capital to commiserate with Governor Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and former Deputy Senate President, Dr Ike Ekeremadu, over the death of the State’s former Commissioner of Transport, Mathias Ekweremadu, but was notified of the meeting by the state governor who also urged him to stop by and speak to delegates at the Government House.

He said, “Let us have party interest, not group interest and put everything aside. Anambra use to be a PDP state but because of wrangling, PDP lost Anambra. Only two states in the South-East which are Enugu and Abia are PDP today. If we add Anambra, it is a good boost for us,” he said.