We can’t dictate for Buhari — Alimikhena, Edo North senator

The zoning of the positions came before the ministerial slot, governor was zoned to the South, speaker zoned to Edo Central, Deputy Governor to North, but now that they have brought the minister from Edo South…

The president said he chose somebody that he likes, and I am not even aware that the leadership of the party in Edo South were the ones that nominated the nominee. It is the president’s prerogative to nominate who he likes.

You should bear in mind that everyone is looking for how to win the poll, the south are saying that it is their turn to produce the governor even though they produced the minister while the Central is saying that it has not finished its term. You see because of this even though the PDP was to choose somebody from the central before, they have now decided to choose somebody from the south and you know this is because of the politics of numbers and this could pay for the south.

Besides, before the emergence of the ministerial nominees, it had already been decided to move it to the south.

Was there a formal agreement to that?

It was a gentleman agreement, and zoning is not what you can put down. Really, before the emergence of the minister it had already been agreed to shift it to Edo South. If we win the election, and the governor is from the same zone as the minister, we can now tell the president to think about it.



-Vanguard