Senate President, David Mark, has dismissed news making the rounds that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has traded off some sena­torial and House of Rep­resentatives seats to oppo­sition parties ahead of the 2015 general elections.
“There is no such deal with any opposition party anywhere. Nobody should deceive you into believ­ing that PDP has an agree­ment with any opposition party. PDP has a manifesto and only elected PDP can­didates can implement it,” Mark said.
He described as false and unfounded, reports that National Assembly seats in the state had been traded off to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in an alleged accord to get the party’s support for 2015.
Addressing PDP stake­holders in Anambra State at Nteje in Oyi Local Gov­ernment Area along with his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, at the week­end, Mark urged the people to ignore rumours that some National Assembly seats, including that of Anambra North Senatorial District currently occupied by Sena­tor Margery Chuba-Oka­digbo, had been negotiated out to APGA for 2015.
The Senate president, who is a member of the PDP National Executive Com­mittee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT), said: “No­body has negotiated out any position to any opposition party. I am not aware of it and I am not a party to it. PDP is steady and stable. We have no need for that.”
He, however, counselled party members to remain united and work as a team, adding: “There are many warlords in Anambra PDP working at cross-purposes. If you agree to unite and work as a team, you will re­claim your stranglehold of Anambra politics.”
Senator Mark paid glow­ing tribute to one of his predecessors in office, the late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo, whom he described as “a very intelligent, flamboyant and vibrant senator,” and urged the people to rally round Okadigbo’s wife to enable her excel.

2015: PDP has no pact with opposition parties –Mark