PDP Tells Fayose Not To Waste His Time On 2019 Presidency

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has informed Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State not to waste his time or resources on his presidential ambition, adding that the party’s candidate for the 2019 election will come from the North.

Fayose had officially informed the leadership of the party of his intention to run for the office of the president in 2019.

In a letter he sent to some leaders of the party to inform them about his decision to run for the Presidency on the platform of the PDP, Fayose had said the event will hold in Abuja on Thursday.

The letter was signed by the governor under the banner of Ayo Fayose Presidential Campaign Organisation.

It read in part, “My dear leader, it is with deep sense of responsibility that I write to inform you of my intention to seek the ticket/mandate of our party to contest the 2019 presidential election, considering your support and commitment towards our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party, it becomes imperative to keep you informed and seek your support.

“This ambition is however without prejudice to our party’s position, but in the overall interest of the party and our country.

“I urge that all hands should be on deck to ensure victory in our quest to return to the Presidential Villa, Abuja in 2019.”

Reacting to declaration by the governor, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said all members of the party are aware of the zoning formula which it (PDP) adopted for both its presidential ticket and the position of the national chairman.

He further called on Fayose to respect the decisions taken by the party on zoning.

He said while speaking The Punch that, “The highest organ of the party, which is the national convention, zoned the presidential ticket of the PDP to the North. That has not changed. The same national convention zoned the position of the national chairman to the South. The convention has yet to change any of these two.

“That (national convention) is the supreme organ of the party. Those decisions are binding on all members of the party. Nobody can alter these decisions.

“The governor is a member of the party and was at the convention where these decisions were taken. As a leader of the party, one expected the governor to respect the party and its decisions.

“If someone in such an office is breaking the decisions of the party, what do you expect from the rank and file?”

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