By Dayo Johnson

Akure—A chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prof Tunde Adeniran has disclosed that the South West may present a consensus candidate to represent the zone at the December 9 Convention of the party.

Prof Adeniran gave the indication during his visit to canvass votes from the 59 delegates of the party in Ondo state.

Asked why it was becoming difficult for all the aspirants from the zone to agree on a consensus candidate, Adeniran said: “We are talking among ourselves.”

He said: “l am sure we will get it right before the convention. God does not make mistakes I am sure he will step in.”

Adeniran, however, denied insinuations of being sponsored by any politician or political group saying it is a deliberate attempt to provoke his aspiration.

He said: “This is just propaganda to pull me down and provoke me because they all know I possess the potential to turn around the fortune of PDP.

“To me,  this is a wicked insult and the greatest insult. Nobody is sponsoring my aspiration and I want to tell you that I stand for the truth, equity and fairness. This should not be used to further destabilize the party.

“I am not being  sponsored by Buruji Kashamu, Atiku Abubakar or Ibrahim Babangida or anybody. I know this is the handiwork of mischief makers and it will not work, God will deal with them soon.”

“The sponsors of the allegation are those afraid of defeat at the December 9 convention”, he said.

The former Education Minister said that if the PDP gets it right in December by electing him, the party will regain the power at the center and send the ruling APC packing.

He said: “the party is like a vehicle which developed fault before getting to its destination. What we need now is both a driver and a mechanic who can fix the vehicle as it moves on.”

“l am both a driver and a mechanic because l know this party from onset and can fix the problems for it to have a smooth drive.”