Former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Baraje spoke in an interview about following the tradition that has been set for a while and not bending the rules for anyone during The Morning Show on Wednesday.
Baraje makes it clear during the interview that there is a tradition set to guide the way things are done in the party and it would be wrong to deviate from those traditions because of the National Chairman of PDP, Iyorchia Ayu.
“We have a tradition and we don’t kill the tradition of our party. We cannot just waive the law because of one person,” he says.
According to their tradition, there should be a balance when selecting candidates for each office in the political party. However, at the moment, the PDP’s national chairman and presidential candidate are both from the north, and according to their tradition, the national chairman must resign from his position.
“That’s how it has been done in the past and we cannot just change it now. We won’t want to do what will harm the party.”
Meanwhile Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate for PDP reacted in an earlier interview on the Arise TV programme on this matter saying that Iyorchia Ayu will only resign if he emerges as the President of Nigeria.
Baraje pleads with the members of PDP to give them time and not be in a hurry, everything is under control and is being put in order.
“We are pleading to members of our party that things are still under control and in order, you just need to be patient”
He continues by saying that the party will rigorously abide by the rules and constitutions and implores PDP supporters to be patient because all will be resolved eventually.
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