Yesterday, Chief Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, asked that Dr. Iyorchia Ayu resign as the party’s national chairman so that a southerner could take over.
Speaking with reporters yesterday, George emphasised that the current system is unjust to the South and that it is a misnomer for the national chairman and presidential candidate to come from the same zone.
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He rejected the vote of confidence that the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) passed last week on Ayu and the NWC.
Recall that on Wednesday, when Atiku met with PDP South-West leaders in Ibadan, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde reiterated his request for Ayu’s resignation.
Speaking yesterday, George warned that unless the South was given a sense of belonging, the party might lose the upcoming election.
In contrast to the time of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, when the party had a presidential candidate and national chairman from the North, he claimed that the situation today is different.
