Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, member of the Board of Trustees of the PDP has explained why Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State cannot be president of Nigeria.

Governor Ayodele Fayose

“Fayose cannot run and I will tell you my reason. When we formed the PDP, the first battle we fought and won as a party was to zone the presidency to the South.”

“Those of us from the South made a case because in the First Republic, the prime minister was from the North; in the Second Republic, the President was from the North, and in the Third Republic, a southerner won and the election was annulled.”

“There was no way we could go back to the South and say let’s elect a northerner again without giving the South a slot. A decision was taken that the President should come from the South and the chairman of the party to come from the North.”

“That was how Solomon Lar became the chairman of the PDP and secretary was zoned to the south; that was how I became the first secretary of the party.”