A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, on Monday, urged the party to move its presidential primary from Abuja to Lagos.
The PDP will hold its 2023 presidential primary on May 28 and 29 in Abuja.
George, who made the appeal at the party’s stakeholders meeting in Ikoyi, Lagos, said the step was necessary in order to prevent an unnecessary clash with the All Progressives Congress (APC) which had also fixed its presidential primary for May 30 and 31 in Abuja.
He said the two rival parties cannot hold their presidential primaries in the same location at a very close date.
George said: “Two rams do not drink from the same pot. I want to appeal publicly, move our convention away from Abuja and come to the city of Lagos. Why do we want to use the same location with the other political party?
“The biggest arena in Nigeria today by any yardstick is the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) in Lagos. I am appealing because the consequences of…
