The Oyo state governor, Mr Seyi Makinde has said beyond personal ambitions, the demands of the five aggrieved governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) popularly addressed as the G5 or Integrity Group, who according to him, are rallying against the “unjust” party leadership, were about protecting national interests.
Makinde stated this during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, noting that party members cannot keep picking and choosing what parts of the constitution they are going to obey and disregard.
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His words, “If I will tell you precisely what is going on, the unity of this country is at stake. When they said, ‘Rotate. Let there be inclusivity. Get zone party positions – rotate it,’ it’s because we know that our federalism has not taken serious root.
“So, to compensate for some of the things that we don’t have constitutionally right now, we said, ‘Rotate the positions, do zoning.’ Now, we’ve disregarded that.
“The National Chairman himself was the one that made that comment that peradventure somebody from the northern part of the country emerges as the presidential candidate, he will resign.
“But now you are saying the constitution must be followed. This is the constitution we’ve flagrantly disregarded in the first instance”, he submitted.
