George, Daniel in War of Words over PDP National Chairmanship

Two top contenders for the post of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Chief Bode George, a former deputy national chairman; and Otunba Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State; at the weekend exchanged hot words over their bids for the party’s top post.

The party has zoned the post of national chairmanship to the south while the presidential ticket is zoned to the north of the country.

The South-west is favoured to produce the party’s national chairman because it is the only zone that has not occupied the position.

George and Daniel as well as the party’s 2015 gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, are the leading contenders from the region.

At a caucus meeting of PDP leaders in the region to resolve the crisis in the Lagos State chapter of the party, which was hosted by Daniel, someone who attended the meeting told THISDAY that Daniel asked George to forget the idea of running for the party’s national chairman in order to save the South-west from losing the post to either the South-south or South-east.
THISDAY, September 4, 2017

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