A chieftain of the PDP, Chief Olabode
George, said in Lagos on Thursday that appointing a credible person as
national chairman of the party would determine the performance of the
party in the 2019 presidential elections. George, who was a former
Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, said that it was imperative for the
national leadership of the party to appoint a credible person as its
national chairman. He argued that appointing someone, who had no
understanding of the direction and manifesto of the party would be
catastrophic for the party in the 2019 general elections. On July 14,
the national caucus of the PDP in Abuja agreed that the next national
chairman of the party would come from the southern part of the country.
The body also agreed that the party’s
presidential candidate would come from the North in 2019, to square up
with President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC. “The chairmanship position
coming to the South means if the party is serious, the party must look
for a credible, responsible and respectable person, who has the network
and experience.
“It has to be a person who has the
details of the party and not some ‘’bambino.’’ “The PDP must avoid going
from frying pan to fire and bring an appropriate person. “Anybody lower
than the level of the chairman of APC will be inappropriate. We have to
get somebody that will be at par in political experience and
understanding of the tenets of the party.’’ According to George,
appointing an inexperienced person will be to the detriment of the
party, which was previously in government for 16 years before it was
defeated by the APC last year.
On the recent fracas between the Segun
Adewale and Moshood Salvador factions of the party in Lagos, the PDP
chieftain told the police to bring all those involved in the fracas to
book. He, however, urged party members to work together for the benefit
of the party, saying that the party would not condone indiscipline among
its members. George said there was nothing wrong with party members
disagreeing over certain issues, noting however, that it was distasteful
when people resort to shooting one another in the presence of the
police. He described the fracas as an absolute lawlessness and political
immaturity, wondering why people in the same party would struggle for
the same position within a party.
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