MAKARFI SPEAKS ON FAYOSE’S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION
MAKARFI
SPEAKS ON FAYOSE’S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION
The Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has
said that the present campaign mounted by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
State to vie for the 2019 Presidency is contrary to the decision of the party’s
convention that zoned presidency to the North.
Makarfi stated this while addressing
journalists in Kaduna
He said: “He (Fayose) is on his own.
What he is doing is not in compliance with the position of the party. The
party’s position has not changed.
“The convention has zoned the
presidency to the North and the chairmanship of the party to the South.”
Makarfi also dismissed speculation
that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar may be given an automatic ticket to
contest the same position on the platform of the PDP if he finally decides to
join the party before the 2019 general election.
It could be recalled that Governor
Ayo Fayose
said his decision to seek the PDP ticket to contest the 2019 presidential
election against the Party’s zoning formula is without prejudice to
our party’s position.