The 2019 presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has proposed a meeting with the leaders of the party in the South West geopolitical zone over sharing of political offices if he wins the presidential elected scheduled for February 14, 2019.
The meeting is believed to be geared towards placating the zone after the Waziri of Adamawa picked his running mate from the South East geopolitical zone.
An ex-minister, Chief Ebenezer Babatope revealed that the meeting would hold anytime soon.
Babatope, a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party, said, “I’m aware that the leadership of our party in the South-West will meet with Atiku very soon. At the meeting, which is already being planned, our presidential candidate will tell us what he has for us.
“We are not angry because we lost the VP slot to the South-East. Majority of us voted for him at the national convention in Port Harcourt.
“It may also interest you to know that Atiku, being part of the Obasanjo presidency, is aware of the sharing of political offices in the PDP. It was a government that respected the principle of federal character.
“You may also need to know that Atiku has agreed to give the nation true federalism. That, to me, is the ultimate. I’m sure that with true federalism, Nigeria will be better.”
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Atiku himself confirmed the meeting, saying that the South West is critical to efforts to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking through the spokesman of his presidential campaign, Segun Sowumi, Atiku said, “Every part of Nigeria is important to us. The South-West is very critical to our struggle to liberate the entire country from the grip of the All Progressives Congress.
“Our candidate has bought into the clamour by the zone for a restructured country. Apart from this, we have only given the slot of the VP out.
“There are other positions like that of the President of the Senate, SGF, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Head of Service and ministerial positions.
“I can assure you that all Nigerians, in every zone, will be carried along.”