PDP Presidential primary: Aspirant speaks on being a ‘sponsored spy’
Osifo, on Thursday declared that he was not a sponsored spy aimed at
working against the opposition party.
Osifo made the remark while appealing to the party's leadership to
allow him to participate in Saturday's National convention holding in
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports.
Addressing a Press Conference in Lagos, Osifo said that his being the
youngest in the race had a huge advantage for the PDP to win the 2019
presidential election.
Osifo, who hails from Edo State, said that the party was known to obey
rule of law, and his candidature was a true test of the Not Too Young
to Run Act.
The 42-year-old aspirant said that some people had approached him to
step down, but that he had a vision to drive development of Nigeria
which older politicians could not achieve.
The aspirant debunked insinuations that he was being sponsored against
the party, describing the allegation as false.
"Three days ago, I had a conversation with one of our party leaders
who mentioned to me that there are insinuations that I am being
sponsored to come to the party to spy or do one thing or the other.
"I have told those who gave me that information that it is not
correct; and I want the world and Nigerians to know that the
information about being sponsored is not true, not correct; it is
baseless, it is unfounded.
"Whoever is propagating such falsehood does not have anything to back
it up," he said.
The Presidential aspirant said that the PDP is a reputable party with
mechanisms, structures and capacity to lead, and appealed to its
leadership to verify the truth and not listen to side talk.
He said that although the presidency was zoned to the North, aspirants
had not always adhered to the zoning rule since 2003 in the party.
The aspirant said that he decided to join the race because of his
passion for the nation, but was willing to support whoever emerges
winner of the presidential primary, should he lose.
"I have made my intentions known to the party that I am not
withdrawing from the race," he said.
Osifo called for fair play and equity for all the aspirants in
Saturday's convention.
He said that Nigeria was being run as the poorest economy in spite of
enormous resources in the nation.
"When I come on board, I will turn things around for good in Nigeria," he said.
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