One of the governorship aspirants in Delta State, Mr. Tony Obuh, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party to follow the rules in conducting the primaries that will produce its candidates for the 2015 general elections.
Obuh, who submitted his nomination forms at the Abuja national headquarters of the PDP on Sunday, told reporters that everything would go well if the party played by the rules.
He said, “For me, the party should just live by the rules that it has framed for itself; it is not for me to say whether they should sway to one side or the other.
“Everybody within the political party has the right to aspire to any position and am sure the party has its rules as to how to handle nomination and election into such offices they should live by those rules.”
Obuh, who is said to be the preferred candidate of outgoing Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, noted that there might have been some problems with the party’s congresses where delegates were elected, but such rancour should be seen from the perspective that there would always be friction in such exercises.
he said, “It is difficult for you to have any contest for any position without some little bit of rancour, complaints and petitions here and there.
“I recall that at that venue, when the results were collated and presented to the people, virtually all the contestants expressed satisfaction with how it was conducted except there are changes in the course of time between that day and today. Maybe certain things might have happened; otherwise, I think that people felt fairly represented by what happened last Saturday.
“The party has the channel for resolving all issues and conflicts. I expect that they will live by the rules since that is what they want to promote.
source:punch