PDP 2019: FAYOSE OUT, ATIKU IN?
PDP 2019: FAYOSE OUT,
ATIKU IN?
The definitive ‘No’ said to Ayo
Fayose by the PDP could mean the chances of a ‘Yes’ to Atiku has just got
better.
Fayose, the current Governor of Ekiti
state, has submitted a formal request indicating his interest to pick the PDP’s
presidential nomination for 2019 General elections. He has, however, been asked
to refer to the party’s decision to zone the Presidency to the North and the
national chairmanship to the South West.
The Governor’s campaign now looks
dead on arrival and it is only a matter of time before the ‘real’ contenders
begin to come forward. Elections are only about 20 months away and if the PDP
has asked the North to produce their flag bearer for the 2019 polls, the
arrangement of alliances now look set to begin.
Already on the lips of many is the
possibility of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar taking one more shot at the
Presidency. His complaints about not being carried along in the APC Government
of President Buhari have raised the suggestion that he may be looking for a
different platform for his ambitions.
It won’t be plain sailing for Atiku
in the PDP; he broke with the party in 2007 after former President Obasanjo
literally made it impossible for him to obtain the party’s nomination for the
elections ten years ago. He has since been associated with the ACN and was one
of the heavyweight forces behind the formation of the APC. How he would
convince the PDP to take him in now that they have zoned the position to the
North?