Goodluck Set To Visit Ekiti On Saturday

 

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is expected to pay a two days visit to Ekiti State on Saturday.

He will also use the opportunity to meet with the 23 governorship aspirants in Ekiti State, during his visit to Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, at the weekend.

Nigerian Tribune gathered from sources that the president was expected to address the controversy surrounding the mode of arriving at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for next year’s governorship election in the state.

There had been disagreement over whether the party should choose its candidate through a consensus arrangement, according to an advice President Jonathan gave earlier in the year, or through primary, which had remained the desire of some leaders of the party in the state.

The disagreement had created tension among the leaders and members of the PDP in the state, with sources noting that the tension, said to have created unease among national leaders of the party, “now needs the attention of the president, who would use the opportunity of his one-day visit to Ekiti State to address the issue.”

The source hinted that “the president will stress his stand on unity among the members and leaders of the PDP in Ekiti State and the fact that no election must divide them.”