The All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out an automatic ticket for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the November 16, 2024 governorship poll in Ondo State.
Speaking on a television interview monitored by Royal FM News on Thursday, the APC national spokesman, Felix Morka said the ruling party is democratic and everyone who desires nomination must earn it.
When asked whether the APC would give Governor Aiyedatiwa the right of first refusal ahead of the party’s primary for the November poll, Morka said that the ruling party is a progressive party that does not give anything to people and positions have to be justified and earned.
Morka said, “We have not had that discussion but we are a democratic party, we are a progress party; we don’t give anything to people; people have to justify and earn it.
“And it is not to us they have to justify their suitability, their qualification, or criteria, it is to the people of the state who are our members, who would participate in the direct or indirect primary.”
“Whatever preference anyone may have, it is all subject to the democratic decision of the party members who will participate in our primaries.
“We don’t give free gifts in APC; we contest and we compete and we win whatever it is we can get in terms of representation,” he added.
Morka also said he cannot pre-empt whether the governorship ticket would be zoned in Ondo or not while stating that the People’s Democratic Party under the leadership of Godwin Obaseki in Edo State has performed disgracefully
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