Walid Jibrin, chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it’s unfair for the party’s presidential candidate and national chairman to come from the same region.
Jibrin made this known on Sunday when he featured on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television.
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national chairman, and Jibrin, the BoT chairman, are all from the north.
Jibrin said the national caucus, BoT and the national executive committee of the party are yet to schedule their meetings because they are awaiting the recommendation of the committees set up to reconcile the aggrieved members.
“To tell the truth, it will not be fair for the president of Nigeria to be from the north, the chairman of the party from the north and the BoT chairman from the north,” he said.
“By next week we will get the report. And when we find out that somebody is wrong in what has happened we will come up openly to tell the party that it is wrong. Whatever we can do, we will do it in the interest of the party to make the party remain as PDP.
Jibrin said if necessary, he will give up his position as the BoT chairman for peace to reign in the party.