Ekwueme, Others Jostle For PDP BOT Chairman

Ten top elders of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) are jostling for the elusive chairman of the Board Of Trustees (BOT), of the ruling party.

Although, the date for the election has not been fixed for the position which became vacant after the former President,Chief Olusegun Obasonjo resigned as Chairman.

Obasanjo became the chairman of the party BOT after he left office as the president in 2007 due to an additional clause in the party constitution to allow former president to occupy the position.

That clause was esponged out of the constitution during the last PDP constitutional review last year.

The Tide was informed that those who have obtained forms for the BOT chairmanship elections, include,Chief Ken Nnamani, Emmanuel Iwuayanwu and Chief Tony Anenih.

Other contenders for the position are Senator  Ahmandu Ali, Chief, Don Etiebet,Chief Shuaib Oyedokun and Alhaji Kawu Baraje.

Sources revealed that the party leadership is pressurising the former Vice President Alex Ekwueme to mount the exalted position which the former President,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo resigned early last year.

The source revealed that members of the party and the aspirants are pushing for outright election of the next BOT chairman of the party in line with article 12.77 of the constitution of the party.

It was learnt that the election of the BOT may generate more bad blood in the party,as such, the party leadership is planning for consensus which had guided the past choice of BOT chairman.

The party is finding it difficult to askg leaders within the age bracket of between 70 and 80 years to face election.

The date of the election which has not been fixed had also posed concern among the contestants.