The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted there have
been no discussions on the zoning of candidates in the 2023 general elections.
PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan,
stated this while speaking on Arise TV on Monday.
Ologbondiyan was reacting to reports that the Governor of
Ebonyi State, David Umahi, was planning to defect to the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
Umahi believes that the APC would protect the interest of the South-East in the 2023 elections.
But Ologbondiyan admits the concerns raised by the Governor
as it relates to the fate of the South-East in the next presidential election
were genuine.
He, however, insisted that the party has not started
discussions on the zoning of candidates in the 2023 presidential election.
“The concerns raised by Governor Umahi as it affects the
South-East, the party believes are genuine concerns. And when the time comes
and all the variables are considered, and all the issues are taken into
consideration, the party will take its decision.
“PDP is not a party that can be stampeded. We are not a
party that takes decisions on the impulse of one or two individuals. We are a
structured political party. We have our various organs and decisions as
important as the zoning of the number one office is not a decision that can be
taken at a sitting; it is a decision that must be taken round all the interests
and the organs of our party. We haven’t even started the discussion, that’s the
honest truth.
“But concerns are
being raised and the party is also studying all the concerns. I believe all
these will come into play when the party wants to make a decision but as we
speak, we have not reached that level,” Ologbondiyan stated.
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