Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi has attributed the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) defeat in the 2023 presidential election to the failure of the party to zone its ticket to southern Nigeria.
Mohammed spoke on Thursday when he was featured on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.
The governor’s comment came days after the PDP announced that its 2027 presidential ticket would be zoned to the southern region.
“Life is always a learning process. When we did it [throwing the ticket open] in 2023, it was not a pleasant experience, and that was why we lost, and I discovered to my surprise that the presidency is a consensus phenomenon. You cannot impose yourself on anybody or any group,” Mohammed said.
In the build-up to the 2023 election, the PDP threw its presidential ticket open, with former vice-president Atiku Abubakar emerging as the candidate in a poll won by Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).