The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus has made it clear to aspirants to elective positions at all levels on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the party will no longer give tickets to aspirants from its offices across the country.
“I advise aspirants in the party who desire to fly the flag of the party at any level to return to the grassroots and market themselves because in a rebranded PDP, ticket is not given in party offices but by the people at the field.”
Secondus, who commented on the successful conduct of hitch free and transparent gubernatorial primaries in Ekiti state on Tuesday, in a statement today, Wednesday by his spokesman, Ike Abonyi said that the success was due tof the party rebranding and repositioning project.
According to him, the real winner from the exercise is democracy and not any individual as the PDP family in Ekiti would be healthier from the primary even as he congratulated Governor Ayodele Fayose and other leaders and members of PDP in Ekiti state for conducting themselves well.
He charged them to note the pre- primary understanding that there will be no winner or loser but contestants all.
The National Chairman also commended all those whose made huge sacrifice that helped to make the primary a success particularly Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and his team who conducted the primary
Prince Secondus assured members and supporters of the party that his campaign promises that the era of impunity and imposition of candidates in the party is gone remains and Ekiti is the first test case for us.
Secondus asked PDP members in Ekiti state to remain vigilant and not relent until the final success is achieved in July. [myad]
