The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears set to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South.
Confirming the development, PDP Deputy National Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, revealed that the party has opened its presidential ticket to all eligible southerners.
He stated this ahead of the PDP’s scheduled caucus, Board of Trustees (BoT), and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings holding today and tomorrow in Abuja. The meetings are expected to address a range of critical issues, including the ratification of previously held state congresses and the party’s preparations for its forthcoming national convention.
“This is not a contentious NEC,” Osadolor explained. “We are coming to NEC to make preparations and discuss the way forward towards our national convention. Many states were yet to conduct congresses, and possibly we will seek the powers of NEC for ratification of the ones we have done in most parts. More so, we will look at the committees on zoning.”
Responding to the issue of zoning, Osadolor said: “The PDP has opened the presidential ticket to all eligible southerners. We are zoning to the South.”
Recall that prior to the 2023 elections which former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, a northerner, emerged as the PDP’s flag bearer. Atiku’s candidacy had led to internal discontent, particularly among stakeholders who felt that the party had veered from an unwritten but long-standing tradition of rotating power between the North and South.