The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, has said that its 2027 presidential candidate, Donald Duke, met all the requirements to be the flag bearer of the party.

The National Chairman of the PRP, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed made this clarification on Thursday during an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’.

He said, “Former Cross River Governor Donald Duke applied to join the party like everybody else. He complied with all the processes, including the screening of candidates.

“As of the time, the consensus and the attempt to create a consensus meeting, we called the meeting of the three persons, all of them from the southern part of the country to sit to see who can get a consensus, and this is a mandatory requirement.

“He was out of the country, but he joined the meeting involving the three parties online. They consented. They interacted with each other. That is good enough for the party, and it’s good enough for the other contestants.

“So, being absent physically is not in breach of either rules or regulations or etiquettes, but he did everything that every candidate of the PRP should do.”

Popular Nigerian Big Brother Naija reality show star and comedian, Aderombi Adedayo Martins, better known as DeeOne, has emerged as the Lagos State House of Assembly candidate for Ibeju Lekki constituency 1.

DeeOne, who is contesting under BOOT Party, emerged Ibeju Lekki constituency 1 candidate after emerging the winner of the primary election.

Speaking after his victory, DeeOne in a post on his Instagram page on Wednesday night, appreciated the party for trusting him and assured the public of his commitment to serve them diligently if given the opportunity.

He wrote “I want to thank my party, BOOT party for the confidence in voting for me to emerge the winner of the primary election for Ibeju lekki constituency 1.

“To Ibeju lekki constituency 1, come 2027 by the grace of God, I will be your worker and not your boss”, he said.

The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, says it will field a candidate regardless of where he comes from.

Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Thursday, the National Chairman of the PRP, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said zoning is not important but competence and capacity.

Baba-Ahmed added that the PRP will field a presidential candidate no matter his religious or ethnicity background.

“Fielding a candidate from a particular zone is not important. I believe that it doesn’t matter where the candidate is coming from.

“Insisting that the president must come from one part of the country has damaged this country beyond anything you can imagine.

“Look, we lived for eight years under a very inept, incompetent, and indifferent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He was from the north,” he said.