Lol. A national chairmanship aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, said yesterday in Lagos that he had no plan of stepping down for any of the other contenders.

Reacting to speculations that he might be stepping down for Chief Olabode George, another aspirant for the position, Daniel said he had no intention of stepping down for anybody.

Daniel is a former Governor of Ogun, while George served as a former national deputy chairman of the now opposition PDP.

With the zoning of the PDP’s chairmanship position to the South West, five major contenders are currently jostling for the position.

The other contenders are Mr Jimi Agbaje, the 2015 governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, a former Minister of Education and Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, a former Minister of Sports.