Jonathan Optimistic PDP Will Do Better In Governorship Poll

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party will perform better in the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections holding across the country on Saturday (today), President Goodluck Jonathan has said. President Jonathan spoke with newsmen shortly after casting his ballot at Ward 13, Unit 39, Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Unlike what happened during the March 28 presidential and federal legislative elections, the President was accredited by the card reader within few seconds on Saturday morning. He told newsmen: “My conviction is that PDP will do well. “It may probably do better in a number of states. “In some states, our performance will even improve. “Even if you look at the last elections, our performance in some states improved. “But in some states, our performance was a bit low. “I think that in the overall, PDP will do well”. On the low turnout being recorded in Otuoke in this election, Jonathan had this to say: “Naturally different levels of elections elicit different interests. “Presidential elections are quite interesting. “Governorship elections are quite interesting. “If we were to have a governorship election in Bayelsa State, the mobilization would have been higher because you need to mobilise the voters to come out. “But for State Assembly elections, the interest is not as high as the presidential elections or governorship elections. “We expect low turnout for states that don’t have governorship elections. “There is no governorship elections in Bayelsa, that is why the turn out may be low.