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A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, has insisted that a southern candidate must replace Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman of the party before the beginning of the 2023 election campaigns scheduled for September 28, 2022.

He said Ayu, who is from the northern part of the country, could not continue to hold the position since the presidential candidate of the party is from the North.

George, who spoke at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday, said Ayu’s refusal to fulfil his promise meant that members of the party in the south were of no importance.

He said, “ Let me reiterate again that the will of the people must be respected and the six top offices in the country must be distributed equitably and fairly because PDP is not a private company. The office of the National Chairman must come to the South before we commence the presidential campaign if victory is to be secured in the next general election.

“In May this year, we elected our presidential candidate in the person of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, setting aside the principle of rotation as enshrined in the constitution of our party in the interest of peace and unity of our party. Today, we are in a situation in which our National Chairman is from the same zone as our presidential candidate.

“Some people are insisting that there is nothing wrong with this present arrangement. Some have argued that this happened during Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, where the candidate and the national chairman were from the same zone.

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Falae, Yakassai

Meanwhile, the founding Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae, and a former Liaison Officer to ex-President Shehu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, on Thursday declared that there would be no rigging in the 2023 general elections.

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They, therefore, called on politicians to move to the grassroots and campaign.

The elder statesmen stated these at the commissioning of the national secretariat of the SDP in Abuja.

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Falae, 84, who spoke after cutting the tape of the new office, said when they decided to revive the SDP some people thought it was going to be impossible but they did it without litigation.

He said, “We have a good presidential candidate in the person of Adewole Adebayo who did not only show the knowledge of the law but history, anthropology, architecture and other fields.”

“The party may not have a governor today, may not be in Aso rock, but the SDP is getting there. Nigeria today is in crisis. You can’t move without being kidnapped. I have been kidnapped for four days in my own farm.

“I traveled to Lagos on foot as a young man without being kidnapped. But at 77, I was kidnapped. Controlling government is not controlling party. Ask the parties, what is their philosophy, they don’t know it. They don’t have a plan, that’s why things are getting worse.

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“The SDP is the only party that can restructure and revive Nigeria. More people will leave the country if things are not put right. More doctors are leaving.

“Politics is about numbers. Bring people to the party and surprise the so-called party because no one will rig the election.

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“We have a good chance to deliver Nigeria and help Nigeria from disaster. You have the change to deliver Nigeria.”

Also speaking, Yakassai, represented by the SDP gubernatorial candidate in Adamawa State, Dr Umar Ardo,

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said the SDP should move to the grassroots and campaign adding that with the new electoral act 2022, no one will be able to rig the election.

He said the Electoral Act made it impossible for anyone to rig the election.

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“The 2022 Electoral Act is an opportunity for the SDP to make a mark as room for rigging and vote allocation have been tackled.

“What is put in the ballot box is what will be out and announced to the public. Don’t worry about not having governors. Go and talk to the grassroots because they are tired of APC and PDP, they are after alternatives” Yakasai said.

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The presidential candidate of the SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo said what SDP is bringing to Nigerians is just the white horse that signifies victory and prosperity.

He said, “Because poverty is ungodly and unnatural. If we don’t fight poverty, it will produce children which is insecurity.

We are back, 30 years later, to open this office for truth, justice and farewell to poverty.

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