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Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, says his home state of Enugu remains a stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria.

Ekweremadu made the declaration in Enugu on Saturday during a stakeholders meeting of the party in preparation for the PDP congress in the state.

According to him, the PDP has passed through a lot of challenges for some time but we will overcome these problems.

“Enugu has always been a PDP state and will remain a PDP stronghold in the country,” he said.

The deputy senate president, however, urged members to comport themselves during the congresses beginning at the ward level, adding that everybody would be carried along.

In his remarks, Okwesilieze Nwodo, a former chairman of the party, commended the state government for sustaining the party in the face of trials.

Nwodo also commended Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, governor of the state, on the action taken to address the April 25 invasion in Uzo-Uwani by herdsmen.

He called for support and cooperation of all and sundry in taking the state to greater height.

Ugwuanyi, in his address, expressed his continued support to the party and promised that he would do his best to ensure safety and welfare of people of the state.

He thanked the people for their support and cooperation since he assumed office 11 months ago, and called for their fervent prayers to enable his administration fulfill its promises.

Ugwuanyi, however, urged party members to be orderly during the ward congress, saying that it should not be a do or die affair as PDP was one family in the state.

The meeting was attended by members of the national and state assemblies from the state, members of the state executive council, party stalwarts, chairmen of local government caretaker committee and other stakeholders.