Former Ministers of Transport and
Works, Chief Ebenezer Babatope and Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, yesterday, kicked
against the decision of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, to retain the zoning of the national chairmanship of the
party to the North East. The two PDP leaders, in separate chats with Vanguard,
said the decision would be resisted by the South West, PDP. Faulting the
decision, Babatope said: more.....
“Well, a meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the party will be called shortly and there we will express our
mind. Talking individually, I think it is not the right decision but then, if
that is their final decision, that is what it is. Those of us of like mind will
meet and discuss it because they cannot jeopardise the chances of our party at
all.” On his part, Senator Ogunlewe called on the party’s NEC to rescind its
decision, saying: “Our position is simple. The two (chairmanship and
presidency) cannot go to the North but if it is a temporary arrangement that they
should be there for another two years before we pick the presidential
candidate, I will agree with them.
The danger is this, if the two are from the
North, what do you use to campaign in the South west? What do we tell our
people? It is probable that we (South west) may not get the deputy chairmanship
position, it will go to the East. So what will be our fate in the whole
arrangement? That is our fear and if we cannot tell our people what is there
for them, it will be very difficult for us to campaign. So, we are appealing to
them to consider their decision to let the national chairman come from the
South-West”, Ogunlewe said.
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