The Peoples Democratic Party has told Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State
not to waste his resources on his presidential ambition, saying the
party’s candidate for the 2019 election will come from the North.The party said all its members were aware of the zoning formula it
adopted for both its presidential ticket and the position of the
national chairman.
Fayose had sent letters to some leaders of the party to inform them
about his decision to run for the Presidency on the platform of the PDP.
The event, according to a copy of the letter sent to Punch correspondent, will hold in Abuja on Thursday.
The letter was signed by the governor under the banner of Ayo Fayose Presidential Campaign Organisation.
It read in part, “My dear leader, it is with deep sense of
responsibility that I write to inform you of my intention to seek the
ticket/mandate of our party to contest the 2019 presidential election,
considering your support and commitment towards our great party, the
Peoples Democratic Party, it becomes imperative to keep you informed and
seek your support.
“This ambition is however without prejudice to our party’s position, but in the overall interest of the party and our country.
“I urge that all hands should be on deck to ensure victory in our quest to return to the Presidential Villa, Abuja in 2019.”
Expressing surprise at the action of the governor, the National
Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, called on Fayose
to respect the decisions taken by the party on zoning.
He wondered why Fayose would want to disobey the party despite his
position as a leader, who he said, was also present at the national
convention where the decisions were taken.
Adeyeye, who spoke exclusively to Punch correspondent on the issue said,
“The highest organ of the party, which is the national convention,
zoned the presidential ticket of the PDP to the North. That has not
changed. The same national convention zoned the position of the national
chairman to the South. The convention has yet to change any of these
two.
“That (national convention) is the supreme organ of the party. Those
decisions are binding on all members of the party. Nobody can alter
these decisions.”
“The governor is a member of the party and was at the convention where
these decisions were taken. As a leader of the party, one expected the
governor to respect the party and its decisions. If someone in such an
office is breaking the decisions of the party, what do you expect from
the rank and file. “
Punch correspondent gathered that Fayose had once visited the Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, Walid Jibrin, at his residence in
Abuja, where he solicited his support for his ambition.
A source close to Jibrin, however, said the governor was reminded of the
party’s zoning formula, to which Fayose was said to have responded that
he was constitutionally qualified to run.
Sources at the party national headquarters told Punch correspondent that
Fayose could be working to deny the South-West the opportunity of
producing the party’s national chairman.
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