Former Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ahmed Makarfi has blamed the inability of the South West to produce the National Chairman at the party's convention on refusal by aspirants from the region to agree on a consensus candidate.
Makarfi who stated this on Monday while appearing on Channels Television also blamed the region for coming to the Convention in a confused state, without a unified voice. He explained that while some aspirants claimed to have stepped down for a particular candidate, those aspirants reneged on the agreement and started campaigning for themselves at the convention.
“For the south-west, it was at the convention venue that they resolved on a consensus candidate. And even then, another candidate came to the state box and met the leaders and said, look, they never resolved, that he was still in the race. So, it was a total confusion.
“Somebody signs on behalf of other candidates and say we now have a consensus candidate and please support him and another going round and saying no, we don’t have a consensus candidate.
“The whole issue of the south-west was its inability to put itself in order in good time. And then allowing some characters that cannot stand up in terms of credibility to occupy the political and media landscape; all kinds of abuses.
“And we cautioned them that that negative campaign by one individual was damaging to them as people and members of the PDP and they needed to call that person to order. Still, they never called him to order. And as far as I know, ninety-percent of PDP members that person comes to will run away.”
The PDP Convention held on November 9, 2017 produced Uche Secondus as the National Chairman.
