A former member of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Yusuf, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South. He believes this move would help foster unity within the party and create an opportunity to bring influential figures like Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, back into the party.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and other G5 members met on Monday and advocated for the PDP to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the Southern region of the country.
Supporting the position, Yusuf, a member of the Nyesom Wike group within the PDP, in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, warned the main opposition party to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the southern region or risk ruin.
Yusuf expressed conviction that Peter Obi will likely join the party if the ticket is zoned to the South.
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He said, “No single politician can win an election without collective goodwill. Zone to the South and see what will happen, but if we continue this trajectory and continue to progress in error, we are postponing the doomsday.
“If today, the PDP ticket is zoned to the South, I have a conviction Peter Obi will be more comfortable coming to PDP, but if it’s not zoned and the dynamics and dialectics of primaries are allowed to play, he might not, just like he moved when it was not zoned and guaranteed a vice presidency. PDP should do the right thing first.”
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