Samuel Ortom, Benue state governor, says the zoning
committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not throw open the
presidential ticket of the party.
Ortom, who is the chairman of the zoning committee of the
PDP, spoke on Wednesday in a statement issued by Nathaniel Ikyur, his chief
press secretary.
The governor said the panel has submitted its recommendation
to the national executive council (NEC) of the party for further action, adding
that he was misquoted on the matter.
Ortom addressed the issue while appearing on the ‘Morning
Show’ on Arise TV.
He said: “I want to clear the insinuation that the zoning
committee has thrown open the presidential ticket. I did inform the media
yesterday (Tuesday, April 5, 2022) that the committee has adopted a unanimous
position to be presented to the national executive committee (NEC) of the
party. Where did I say that the committee has thrown open the presidential
ticket?
“The committee will present the report to NEC. It is the NEC
that has the final authority on the zoning of positions.
“As far as the committee was concerned, there were arguments
that the presidential candidate should go to the South. While some said it
should go to the Northern part of the country. There were others who were of
the opinion that it should be thrown open for the best candidate who will be
able to deliver good governance and make Nigerians feel like human beings
again.
“As the chairman of
the committee, we did not say that. So it is very wrong for anyone to insinuate
that we have thrown the presidential ticket open. I am still repeating that,
whatever we did, we have submitted our report to NEC. So it is wrong for the
media to come out with a position despite the fact that they were not members
of the committee.
“I came out to brief the media. So it is wrong completely. I
did not say that. And like I said, NEC is the final authority on deciding where
this position will be zoned to.
“NEC directed us that in zoning these positions, go and do
it right without minding where the president will come from yet. That when the
time comes for the presidential, a mandate will be given to the people and NEC
will take a decision. That is what we have done.”
The governor said the PDP leadership is “working towards
ensuring that the party gets it right thing this time,” adding that “preempting
the committee’s work and NEC decision is not correct”.
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