The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, has said that it would pick its presidential candidate not minding if the
individual has corruption case or not.
Speaking with the Sun, the
National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the party will not choose
its candidate on the basis of whether or not they have graft cases.
Ologbondiyan also said no member
of the party can bring such issues to the table or ask the party to drop
aspirants with corruption cases.
The PDP mouthpiece maintained
that the party would be guided by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as
amended), as well as its rules in screening presidential aspirants.
He was reacting to reports that
the party was planning to drop some of its presidential aspirants with cases of
corruption with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and related
agencies.
He said the Supreme Court had
ruled in the past that anyone who has not been convicted in the court cannot be
barred from participating in an election.
He said “Please, don’t bring that
to us, it is not in our party. Nobody in our party told you that.
“Once you are a member of our
party and you have satisfied the provisions of the constitution, and you have
complied with the provisions of our own constitution, as well as our
guidelines, you are free to contest (the presidential primary).”
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