The gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State, a legal luminary, Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, has said that the G-5 PDP Governors agitation in the Peoples Democratic Party debacle, was not for selfish reason, but asking for fairness, equity justice among the geo-political zones in Nigeria.
The legal luminary stated this while addressing journalists in Ibadan yesterday on the crisis rocking the leadership of the party on the sharing of positions.
Chief Ayorinde explained the reason of the aggrieved G-5 governor’s as seeking for proper restructuring of the party in oder for all the component part of the country to have a sense of belonging.
He added that the agitation of the G-5 governor’s is not about fighting for their personal benefit or gain but they are asking for situation whereby the party would have a strong footing and all the members will have a sense of belonging.
When he was quizzed on the chances of Governor Makinde at the forthcoming general elections in the state, Ayorinde noted that Makinde’s performance would speak for him from what he has been able to deliver in his first term to the people of the state.
He said: “First of all you have to appreciate the position of the G-5. Personally, I do not think they are agitating for themselves. You see, they are in a political party where they are calling into question the current structure of the party.”
“It is not Governor Makinde who wants to be the chairman of PDP, it is not Ortom or Governor Wike not at all.”