No More Imposition Of Candidates – PDP
BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday declared that the party will no longer impose candidates through issuing tickets to aspirants from its offices in all parts of the country.
Disclosing the position of the party, the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, said, “I advise aspirants in the party who desire to fly the flag of the party at any level to return to the grassroots and market themselves because in a rebranded PDP, ticket is not given in party offices but by the people at the field.”
Commenting on the successful conduct of the hitch-free and transparent gubernatorial primaries in Ekiti state on Tuesday, he attributed the success to the rebranding and repositioning project.
In a statement by his spokesman, Ike Abonyi, “According to him, the real winner from the exercise is democracy and not any individual as the PDP family in Ekiti would be healthier from the primary even as he congratulated Governor Ayodele Fayose and other leaders and members of PDP in Ekiti state for conducting themselves well.”
He also commended all those whose made huge sacrifice that helped to make the primary a success particularly Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and his team who conducted the primary
The PDP National Chairman assured members and supporters of the party that his campaign promises that “the era of impunity and imposition of candidates in the party is gone remains and Ekiti is the first test case for us.”
Secondus asked PDP members in Ekiti state to remain vigilant and not relent until the final success is achieved in July.
