•SOUTH-WEST MEMBERS PROTEST ATTEMPT TO ANOINT SOUTH-SOUTH CANDIDATE

A special meeting of select stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), held in Abuja, on Wednesday night, to deliberate on how to avoid a rancorous national convention in December ended in a stalemate.

The deadlock was as a result of alleged attempts by some stakeholders to give the national chairmanship position to the South-South through flimsy excuses.

The move, it was gathered, was resisted by members from the South-West, who rejected it and made it clear that it was one assault too many and an insult on the people of the zone.

The meeting was attended by some former governors, serving governors, members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) and elders of the party.

According to reliable sources, trouble began when some stakeholders, in a bid to build a case for their attempt to anoint a South-South candidate, who is a former member of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), drew attention to some cases filed against the party by some members in the South-West zone, adding that it showed that the zone was not settled.

In what came as a shock, the members who raised the issue went further to suggest that it would be better to let the South-South produce the national chairman of the party.

Tempers allegedly rose when it became apparent from their arguments that it was a premeditated move which was carefully planned long before the meeting.

It was gathered that attendees from the South-West unanimously stood their ground that it was the turn of the zone to produce the chairman as the only zone that had never produced an occupant of the post in the power rotation policy of the party in its 19 years of its existence.

It was further gathered that those who attended the meeting from the South-West pointed out that the move to deny the zone the chairmanship post was another instance of consistent marginalisation the zone had suffered from 2011 till date.

They were said to have argued that the electorate in the zone were disaffected with PDP as a result of such ill-treatment and disregard for their feelings and that their hearts and votes could only be won back with assurances of a sense of belonging, such as giving the zone the place it deserved in the party’s scheme of things.

It was also learned that they argued that litigations in the party were not limited to the South-West, as the party had cases involving aggrieved members in various parts of the country.

They said filing case in court was a legitimate and acceptable way of tabling grievances for resolution and settlement under the rule of law in a democracy.
The meeting was said to have later adjourned for more and wider consultations.

This is the first time in the history of PDP that the chairmanship election would attract inter-zonal competition.

Wednesday’s meeting came after weeks of apprehension and anxiety over the likelihood of a rancorous convention in December, because of the looming showdown between the South-South and the South-West zones over the position.

Many party stakeholders believed that the South-West zone should naturally have been allowed to produce the next party chairman without having to struggle with other zones for it, based on precedents in the party.

South-West leaders of the party had said in a statement some weeks ago that the chairmanship was actually micro-zoned to the zone at a meeting of southern leaders in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, sometime last year without any disagreement.

There had been speculations that the party’s established policy on election of national, zonal and state officers, which involved zoning and micro-zoning to balance interests, might be compromised when the current chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, who is midwifing the December election, declared that micro-zoning of positions was no longer binding.

He was, however, reported recently to have shifted a little ground, saying that the issue was beyond his national caretaker committee but within the powers of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to revisit.

Sources within the party, however, alleged that the move by the South-South zone to take the chairmanship position was part of a grand plan involving a prominent presidential aspirant from the North, who had been assured of support to prosecute his election bid.

The alleged plan was also said to involve a prominent state executive in the South-West who was allegedly being positioned for the vice presidential slot expected to be offered to placate the South-West to the bargain.

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they don start their madness..
Waiting concern self..

APC, PDP and all these folks are scammers, until someone or somebody takes it upon themselves to annihilate one of these politicians, they will never care for the masses. JFK, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, William Taft, James Garfield, Andrew Jackson etc were either assassinated or an attempt was made. Its high time the youth send a profound message now, sitting in your house and praying Nigeria will change, will result in no change whatsoever.

ijustdey:






•SOUTH-WEST MEMBERS PROTEST ATTEMPT TO ANOINT SOUTH-SOUTH CANDIDATE







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Wetin cosign me...

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Whatever rocks their boat.

Which political party get sense self?

Don't tell me APC if you don't want to weaknezz my roth.

Den no talk na South West still dey fight for them.

Dead party


Party that put us in current situation.

Party wey dey propose to oppose no fit even compose...
Abegi!

PDP have forgetten that they are opposition. Opposing themselves the more. Didnt they see how the last APC conference went?

Great news for APC

rentAcock:
APC, PDP and all these folks are scammers, until someone or somebody takes it upon themselves to annihilate one of these politicians, they will never care for the masses. JFK, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, William Taft, James Garfield, Andrew Jackson etc were either assassinated or an attempt was made. Its high time the youth send a profound message now, sitting in your house and praying Nigeria will change, will result in no changes whatsoever.

Bell the cat bro...

optional1:

they don start their madness..
Waiting concern self..

Good for them. Make dem scatter

rentAcock:
APC, PDP and all these folks are scammers, until someone or somebody takes it upon themselves to annihilate one of these politicians, they will never care for the masses. JFK, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, William Taft, James Garfield, Andrew Jackson etc were either assassinated or an attempt was made. Its high time the youth send a profound message now, sitting in your house and praying Nigeria will change, will result in no changes whatsoever.

Brother what is stopping you from starting the movement?

What exact position South East dey hold for Nigeria Politics

adem30:
What exact position South East dey hold for Nigeria Politics

they are negligible

The prominent northern aspirant sounds like Atiku while the southwest executive sounds like Fayose...

Politics is a witty game jor.

adem30:
What exact position South East dey hold for Nigeria Politics

THey are good erecting statues.Ask Rocha

PDP is dead, only scavengers are left in the party.

Just Chairmanship dey nor fit choose, na dem fit say dey go fit win 2019

D weed dis idiot's are smoking is high

PMB all d way

adem30:
What exact position South East dey hold for Nigeria Politics

This is the time for SE to step in & take a position on which side they stand while also negotiating for whatever position they are interested in b4 they will come and be complaining about marginalisation.

The alleged plan was also said to involve a prominent state executive in the South-West who was allegedly being positioned for the vice presidential slot expected to be offered to placate the South-West to the bargain.

This is Fayoae

We do not necessarily have to take the chairmanship position
Oyegun is from Edo state, what benefit is the SS deriving from him?
We must have VP for now
And the Presidential ticket after that
Simple

And I honestly doubt PDP will be able to kick this present government out in 2019
They are just not organised enough
Almost like they've abandoned us to this government

rentAcock:
APC, PDP and all these folks are scammers, until someone or somebody takes it upon themselves to annihilate one of these politicians, they will never care for the masses. JFK, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, William Taft, James Garfield, Andrew Jackson etc were either assassinated or an attempt was made. Its high time the youth send a profound message now, sitting in your house and praying Nigeria will change, will result in no changes whatsoever.

You Are a Wonderful man. Honestly You Deserve a Statue !

spartacus11:
Just Chairmanship dey nor fit choose, na dem fit say dey go fit win 2019

D weed dis idiot's are smoking is high

PMB all d way

As If Ur Single vote will get him back to also Rock. Honestly some peoples Stupidity is " doing press ups"

U mean to tell me that since 2015 till now PDP is still confused

Atiku for president.
Fayose for vice president.
This is their game plan and that is why they don't want to still give the chairmanship to south-west.

PMB/Osinbajo till 2023.
Okorocha/Kwankwoso from 2023 to 2031

adem30:
What exact position South East dey hold for Nigeria Politics

. Nobody is talking of the 5% at all. President zoned to North; party chairman zoned to South-west or south-south.

na wa every region is crying marginalization. very soon bird will cry marginalization

Pdp will be shooting itself on the foot if they force Uche Secondus on the party. To me the South-West should be supported to produce the National Chairman. The South-South should be prepared to make the neccessary sacrifice or Pdp like Apc will implode, after-all Jonathan just left office, come to think of it Uche Secondus have been on since 1999 and with no strong intellectual background. We need fresh hand from the South-West.

VP to SE.

ekhai:
. Nobody is talking of the 5% at all. President zoned to North; party chairman zoned to South-west or south-south.