– PDP in Edo said that no more zoning in choosing Governorship candidate and party chairman
– The idea behind a no-zoning system for the emergence of the Governorship candidate and chairman of the PDP in the state is to throw up the best candidates for the two positions
– Edo PDP came to raise issues about the tenureship of their executive and the party said they would look into the details
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has said that there would be no-zoning policy in picking the party’s Governorship candidate for next year’s election in the state and the position of the state chairman.
A former Governor of the state, Mr. Lucky Igbinedion made this known on Thursday in Abuja after the Edo State chapter of the PDP met with the national leadership of the party.
Igbinedion explained: “The idea behind a no-zoning system for the emergence of the Governorship candidate and chairman of the PDP in the state is to throw up the best candidates for the two positions.”
The ex-Governor however, did not give details of the new arrangement.
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Meanwhile,The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan said: “Edo PDP came to raise issues about the tenureship of their executive and the party said they would look into the details to know whether the tenure has elapsed or to know when the tenure will elapse.
“They were not complaining that the tenure had ended. They just wanted to know when the tenure will end and how soon they will have a congress because they want to go to the next election as a united party.
“The party has promised to look into the records. They want the party united before the 2020 election so that they can win,” ologbondiyan said.
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