PDP has not zoned presidential ticket to North-west – Turaki

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not zoned its presidential ticket to the North – west as being speculated in some quarters to ensure the emergence of the best, a presidential aspirant, Alhaji Kabiru Taminu Turaki said yesterday.
Turaki made this clarification while speaking with newsmen after addressing delegates and members of Kwara state executive of the party at the party’s secretariat along Asa Dam road, Ilorin.
Turaki, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said what is true however is that the PDP has zoned the presidential ticket to the entire northern region.
He said by implication, the presidential candidate of the main opposition party in the country can emerge from any of the three zones (north west, north east and north central) that made up the northern region.
Turaki said that the wisdom behind the decision to leave the primary contest open to all interested aspirants from every part of the north “is to allow for the emergence of the best out of the best”.
He said that the PDP has learnt its lesson and would not do anything that could jeopardize its bright chances of winning next year’s presidential election.
The presidential hopeful also said that all the aspirants within the PDP fold have agreed to support and work for the victory of whoever among them that emerge as the standard bearer of the main opposition party, since the major interest of all in the rebranded PDP is to serve Nigerians and this can only be achieved by cooperating to chase out the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government.