PDP Chairmanship: No Stopping North-central From Fielding A Replacement – Party Chieftain Says
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, has declared that no one can stop the North Central geo-political zone from fielding a replacement for the former National Chairman of the Party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu.
Ologbondiyan, who is the immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, said the provisions of the constitution of the PDP are clear and unambiguous as to the zone that can fill the vacancy created with the ouster of Dr Ayu as National Chairman.
Ologbondiyan, who stated these when he received in audience some youth groups who visited him at the weekend in Abuja, said that specifically, Section 47(6) of the PDP Constitution which was implement in 2017 still subsist and would still apply.
He said; “As everyone knows, all PDP supporters and lovers of democracy in the country especially our members in the North Eastern states that include Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Taraba, Gombe are supporting their North-central members towards ensuring that they will bring someone to replace Dr. Ayu.
The former spokesperson of the PDP therefore called on the supporters of the party to ignore all criticisms and those who are assuming that they are above the constitution of the party just to seek for food.
In the words of Ologbondiyan; “There is no member of the PDP that is above the constitution of the party, no matter who he is and no matter how big his position is in the party”.
He called on the supporters of the party to continue to follow and abide by the rules of the party to make it better.
“At the last National Convention of the PDP, the position of National Chairman was zoned to the North-central region and it cannot be taken away from it. In that wise, it is only the North-central that can fill and or replace Senator Iyorchia Ayu in line with the provisions of the Constitution particularly, Section 47(6) of the PDP Constitution. Anyone who doesn’t support this, does not need peace and progress of the party,” he said.
