A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the South West, Mr Akintayo Akin-Deko, said on Saturday that leaders of the region deserved what befell them at the party’s national convention.
“The South West is leaderless as a zone,” he said in a chat with Daily Trust.
The South West had paraded no fewer than eight chairmanship aspirants and most of them refused to reach a consensus. It was after everything was set for voting that some of them withdrew from the race.
“In fact, zoning the PDP national chairman to the South West (purportedly at last year’s convention in Port Harcourt) was never a guarantee that South West voters would appreciate PDP. Except the national chairman had the ability to network effectively with a majority of leaders within the zone.
“The best candidate to do that would have been an aspirant without EFCC baggage and/or lesser known politicians that local leaders feel wouldn’t dominate them,” Akin Deko, who was one of the chairmanship aspirants, said.
“In the absence of a viable person to catalyse PDP in the South West, the region’s voters will rally round Osinbajo in APC if Tinubu ‘permits’ him to run with PMB.
“Chief Uche Secondus is currently the biggest benefactor of these powerful groups,” he said adding, “It is the reality of modern day Nigerian political culture, which has come to stay.
“Loot your way to power or stand aside. I came to terms with this several weeks ago and quietly stepped aside to re-strategize,” he said.
