We have no candidate for Senate Presidency – PDP

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday said the party has no candidate for the position of Senate President or Deputy Senate President.

Rising from its weekly National Working Committee (NWC) meeting at its national secretariat, the party denied alleged plots to take the position from the All Progressives Congress (APC) which has a majority of the members.

Addressing reporters shortly after the meeting, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said, “We have decided to inform Nigerians that the PDP has no candidate for the position of Senate President or Deputy Senate President.”

He said the senators are mature and experienced enough to conduct their affairs, adding that they are capable of taking decisions on their own without interference from the party.

“We have decided not to dabble into leadership selection process in the National Assembly because we have learnt our lessons from past experiences,” Metuh stated.

He said the meeting of PDP senators and senators-elect held with the leadership of the party in Port Harcourt on Monday did not discuss the election of Senate President and the deputy.

According to him, what is paramount in the agenda of the PDP is how to organise itself and strategise for the role of credible opposition and offering alternative policy suggestions.

The party expressed fears that the APC might influence decisions in ongoing election cases at the various tribunals.