The PDP had on March 24 inaugurated a 37-member committee to work out an acceptable zoning formula for the party ahead of 2023 elections.
Mr Ortom said the committee only adopted a unanimous position to be presented to the National Executive Committee of the party.The statement did not, however, disclose what the panel recommended.
“The committee will present the report to NEC. It is NEC that has the final authority on the zoning of positions. “As the chairman of the committee, we did not say that. So it is very wrong for anyone to insinuate that we have thrown the presidential ticket open. I am still repeating that, whatever we did, we have submitted our report to NEC. And like I said, NEC is the final authority on deciding where this position will be zoned to,” he said.
Others are former Governors Peter Obi of Anambra State, Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, former Senate President Pius Anyim and Bukola Saraki. The governor who frowned at the caption on the news bar while the interview lasted quipped: “I want to clear the insinuation that the zoning committee has thrown open the presidential ticket. I did inform the media yesterday that the committee has adopted a unanimous position to be presented to the National Executive Committee of the party.
“I came out to brief the media. So it is wrong completely. I did not say that. And like I said, NEC is the final authority on deciding where this position will be zoned to.”
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