Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, says he has no intention of becoming the next chairman of the opposition party, but said he would want the next boss of the PDP to emerge from the South West, his region.
George told journalists who approached him shortly after his return from a trip abroad.
He said, “I have no plan, no ambition, slide or straightforward looking for it (PDP chairmanship).”
The PDP chieftain however urged the current interim leader of the party, Ali Modu Sherrif, to handover to an elected chairman at the National Convention slated for May 21, 2016.
George argued that the South West region is the only yet to clinch the position since 1999.
“You know we are in opposition, there is no Villa any more, no president from our party. Therefore management of the party must be different, it has to be serious strategic thinking, intellectually bias to reasoning and discourse and network with the people for you to take decision,” he said.
Speaking further, the PDP top shot said, “On the issue of national chairmanship, based on the spirit of equity and fairness which is the foundation and principle upon which our party was built by our founding fathers, the South West deserves the national chairmanship now.
“This is the right and proper thing which must be done. The South West is a significant zone for the Nigeria federation which cannot and must not be treated with levity.”
He also advised the party to allow the “zoning committee do its work, the report must be based on just, equity and once the committee submit its report, it is not a mushroom organisation, it will be discussed at the national caucus, at the BOT and then it will go to the NEC of the party for final approval and disapproval.”
