The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned its chairmanship position to the South-West zone.
The decision was arrived at following a meeting held by the party leaders, including past and present governors, former leaders and other notable chieftains at the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt, on Thursday evening.
The meeting, said to had been presided over by the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, was part of the effort at putting the party in a good stead ahead its national convention, scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, Saturday next week.
Meanwhile, Chief Raymond Dokpesi on Friday described as unfortunate, the decision of Peoples Democratic Party leaders from the South to zone the position of the party’s national chairman to the South-West.
He said the action was a repeat of the same mistake that he said led the party to where it was today.
Dokpesi stated this in a statement by his Media Aide, Mr. Omor Bazuaye, in Abuja.
Dokpesi was also said to have taken his campaign to the North-West.
He was said to have told delegates in Kano to do the right thing by voting their conscience at the August 17 national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
”Leaders of the South met and decided to micro-zone to the South-West. These are the same things we did that brought the party to its knees,” he was quoted as saying.
“I have come here pleading and begging that if I become National chairman it is me and you that would be chairman.”
