We have not adopted recommendations from Mohammed-led committee, says PDP

THE People’s Democratic Party has said that it is yet to decide on the zone to fly its flag in the 2023 presidential election.

The party said the reports from the Bala Mohammed-led Committee on the Reviews of the 2019 general elections are mere recommendations and not cast in stone.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in his reaction to the controversy the reports have generated in the party, stressed that  the party has not adopted any of the recommendations issued by the Governor Bala Mohammed-led Committee.

He said, “Due to enquiries from our members and the general public, it has become imperative to clarify that PDP is yet to adopt any of the recommendations proposed by the Senator Bala Mohammed‘s Committee on the Review of the 2019 Elections.

“As such, it will be incongruous for anyone to assert that any decision has been taken by PDP on the zoning of the Presidency ahead of the 2023 general elections.”

The Chairman of the committee, Governor Bala Mohammed, had in the report said, “We think that every Nigerian from every part of the country should be given the opportunity to choose the best candidate through a credible primary election as a way of institutionalising a merit-based leadership recruitment process for the country.”

But the recommendation did not go down well with some party members especially those of Igbo extraction who had expected the PDP to zone the ticket to Southeast region of the zone.

The apex sociocultural organisation from the region, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has kicked against the recommendation threatening that it will work with the All Progressives Congress in 2023 if the PDP doesn’t not zone the presidential slot to Igboland.