A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, has stated that the national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, must resign before campaign for the 2023 begins.
Speaking to journalists on Thursday, the PDP chieftain stated that the main opposition party is not a private company owned by anyone.
He insisted that a southern candidate must replace Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman of the party, adding that the six top positions in the country must be equally distributed.
Bode George pointed out that the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar and Ayu cannot come from the same region.
He said, “Let me reiterate again that the will of the people must be respected and the six top offices in the country must be distributed equitably and fairly because PDP is not a private company. The office of the National Chairman must come to the South before we commence the presidential campaign if victory is to be secured in the next general election.
In May this year, we elected our presidential candidate in the person of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, setting aside the principle of rotation as enshrined in the constitution of our party in the interest of peace and unity of our party. Today, we are in a situation in which our National Chairman is from the same zone as our presidential candidate.
Some people are insisting that there is nothing wrong with this present arrangement. Some have argued that this happened during Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, where the candidate and the national chairman were from the same zone.”
