You’re Not Fit To Run For 2019 Presidential Election, PDP Replies Fayose

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to plans by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose to be the party’s presidential candidate in 2019.

Fayose, had in a letter addressed to the party, officially informed the leadership of his intention to run for the office of the president in 2019.

But the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye wondered why the governor decided to voice his intentions despite knowing that the presidential ticket has been zoned to the North.

Adeyeye, in the statement, urged all members of the party to respect the zoning formula which was adopted for both its presidential ticket and the position of the national chairman.

Speaking with Punch, Adeyeye 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?”