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TO stand a chance of beating the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Bola Tinubu, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, zoned its ticket for the 2027 presidential election to the South.By so doing, the party side-stepped what it saw as the mistake it made in 2023 when it threw its presidential ticket open, which led to the North producing the national chairman and presidential flagbearer, a development that contributed to its loss of the poll and various crises that are yet to be completely resolved.
After ceding the presidential slot to the South, the PDP retained its existing zoning arrangement that has the North producing national chairman, and confirmed Amb. Iliya Umar Damagum, who has been serving as acting national chairman as substantive national chairman until December 2025.
Yesterday’s decisions were taken after a series of fend-mending parleys of PDP governors, National Caucus, National Working Committee, NWC, among others, between Friday and Sunday.
At one of the meetings, tempers rose and the leaders were locked in a shouting match as National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, reportedly refused to sign the letter inviting the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to monitor the PDP National Convention slated for November in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Practically, the PDP was broken into two camps – the Seyi Makinde and Nyesom Wike camps, which fought fiercely for the soul of the party before the 102nd NEC.
However, party leaders at the meeting who hinted that the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, was absent, said they had resolved to forge a common front because they don’t expect the APC to play fair in 2027.
In readiness for the national convention, members of the NWC and Senator Anyanwu have signed the letter to INEC, with Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State assuring that Governors Peter Mbah (Enugu), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau) and Agbu Kefas (Taraba) will not defect to the APC.
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