A member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has said that former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, is within his rights to contest for the position of the party’s National Chairman.
George made the statement on Tuesday during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme monitored by DAILY POST.
His comment comes in response to Lamido’s recent threat to take legal action against the PDP for allegedly preventing him from obtaining the nomination form to contest for the chairmanship position.
According to George, while the party’s leaders may rally behind a consensus candidate, such arrangements do not exclude other aspirants from participating in the contest.
“The fact that PDP leaders converged and supported an individual for consensus candidate does not mean that others will not compete,” he said.
“You want to make the process seamless. It’s an internal dynamic. We have done this in the past and the party did not tell anybody that he or she cannot contest. Sule Lamido has the right to compete. He can go and get the form, fill the form and follow the normal process and appear on the day of the convention. We will vote,” George added.
The PDP is currently navigating internal power shifts and efforts to restore unity ahead of the next convention, where a new National Chairman is expected to emerge.
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