Katchy Ononuju, a former aide to erstwhile presidential candidate Peter Obi, has claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is trying to clean up its house.

According to him, the PDP used Obi as a tool to show its seriousness about including all regions in the governance of Nigeria

Ononuju stated this while reacting to the zoning of the PDP’s presidential ticket to the South.

During its 102nd NEC meeting at its National Secretariat in Abuja, PDP agreed to zone its presidential ticket to the South, while the position of the National Chairman remains in the North.

Speaking on the development during an interview with Daily Post, Ononuju said, “This is not an issue of Peter Obi, it’s about inclusion and governance. This has nothing to do with Peter Obi.

“Peter Obi was a tool we used to achieve our aim of asserting our seriousness about the argument that everybody should be included in the governance of Nigeria.

“So, just like they went to Goodluck Jonathan and told him that they want him to run, Goodluck told them, it’s not me wanting to run, clean up your house.

“I thank the PDP for finding the courage to do what they have done today, thanks to all our members who fought alongside me and others to see reasons.”

Ononuju went further to say that the zoning of the PDP presidential ticket to the South has corrected attempts by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to undermine Igbos and their attempt to be included in Nigeria’s governance.

He said: “Now that they have corrected themselves and zoned to the South, they now have to clear the problems that came as a consequence of their mistakes of embracing Atiku’s compromising protocol which forced them to neglect inclusion through that instrument called zoning.

“They now have to get rid of those crises that came so they can reposition the PDP as the ruling party.

“I can tell you that with the action today, PDP is telling Atiku that he is wrong. PDP called Atiku today that he’s wrong.

“But also don’t forget that Atiku is not acting alone, there are those in the know who think that the Igbos should not be included in the governance of Nigeria.

“Atiku may not be acting on his own, he may simply be acting to undermine the chances of Igbos in the governance of Nigeria.

“We have started the protocol and process of trying to heal, how far we get I don’t know, but I know that we are going to get there.”