The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has withdrawn from the senatorial race.
Uduaghan had wanted to represent Delta South Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP.
Sources close to the governor disclosed that Uduaghan agreed to withdraw from the race at a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan; the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu; and the senator representing Delta South Senatorial District, James Manager.
Uduaghan, it was learnt, agreed to withdraw from the race to allow peace to reign in the state PDP.
Manager had insisted that he would like to return to the Senate as he could not secure the ticket to governor of the state because of the zoning arrangement.
The face-off over the senatorial seat had generated tension within the PDP in Delta State.
The meeting that resolved the face-off today was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The primaries for the senatorial and House of Representatives race will take place tomorrow, Saturday.
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