An ex-Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Omolade Oluwateru, has come out to say that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is not interested in zoning its gubernatorial candidate to any senatorial district.

Omolade has said his party is focused on choosing a credible and sellable candidate to represent the party.

Oluwateru, who said 17 aspirants have already shown interest, with a lot of them being from the southern senatorial district, said PDP would conduct a seamless and credible primary to select the right candidate, not necessarily on zoning arrangement.

He added that there are lots of parameters being taken into consideration and the position of PDP will be revealed as soon as possible.

His words, “We have not zoned the party’s standard-bearer to any particular senatorial district; but, when the party picks his candidate, we can now begin to zone the running mate and other positions to zones, to ensure the spread of political offices across board.

“PDP has been very fair on the zoning arrangement, especially in the southern senatorial district of the state and this is what most people love in the party till today.

“The party is not limiting its standard-bearer to any particular senatorial district; we are already looking for a person whose pedigree will win for us.

“There are many parameters being taken into consideration in selecting a credible candidate, and the position of the party will be made known soon.”