Elder
statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has warned Ekiti State
Governor, Ayodele Fayose not to create crisis in the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) with his declaration, to contest for the party’s 2019 presidential ticket...
Clark described Fayose’s Abuja declaration as “a huge joke.”
He noted that although Fayose is “a
vibrant young man and a very good politician,” the governor had no
reason to declare for the presidency as the PDP has zoned the position
to the North.
He rather advised Fayose to contest for the position of the party’s national chairman that has been zoned to the South West.
Clark told Daily Sun that that although
he is no longer an active partisan politician, his interest is with
Nigeria and that he will speak out whenever any politician does anything
that could throw the nation into crisis regardles of the party
affiliation.
“I am now 90 years and no longer an
active partisan politician, but, my interest lies with Nigeria. So any
political party, whether PDP or APC that has done something, that will
affect Nigeria, I will speak about it.
“Now, I think Fayose is a very good young
man, very vibrant, active and articulate and good politician, but, that
is not enough. The PDP, to which he belongs, in May, at the Rivers,
Port Harcourt convention, zoned the position of presidency to the North
and that of the national chairman to the South.
“Governor Fayose is the leader of the PDP
Governor’s Forum and an important leader of the party who should not
only know the laws and regulations of the party’s constitution, but
should obey them.
“Fayose, therefore, has no reason to
declare that he wants to be president of Nigeria, a position which has
already been zoned to the North.
“If he wants to be national chairman of the party, he is qualified and should vie for it.
“The PDP has been going through crisis
over the years, since it lost election and now that the Supreme Court
has brought the party back, nobody should take the party back into
crisis.
“The supreme court has now brought the
party back and no amount of rascality, or amount of position should be
used to destroy the party. The PDP will have its elective convention in
December and, if Fayose wants to become Chairman of the party, he should
declare himself for that.
“Perhaps, he is just joking about the
presidential declaration, but, he made a point which perhaps, he is
using his declaration to whip up northerners who are still keeping
quiet.
“We have less than one year and none of them have come out to openly say, I want to be president of Nigeria…”
“So perhaps, Fayose’s declaration is
meant to remind them that if you don’t want it, other people will take
it, that might be his reason.”
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