Why PDP, APC Chose the South for 2027 Presidential Tickets – ADC Spokesperson

The decision by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to announce the zoning of their presidential tickets two years before the 2027 elections has been criticized. 

The spokesperson for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, argued that such actions send a message to Nigerians that the political elites don’t care about them and are only interested in power-grabbing.

Speaking on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television, Abdullahi said the early announcement by the PDP and APC suggests that the two parties are either playing a predetermined game or trying to lure particular individuals who fit the description to become their presidential candidates.

Both the APC and PDP have zoned their 2027 presidential ticket to the south.

On Monday, the PDP, after its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, zoned the party’s presidential ticket to the south.

Earlier, the APC leadership had also on various occasions endorsed President Bola Tinubu to be the party’s sole presidential candidate in 2027.

Speaking against the background, Abdullahi questioned the rush by both parties in zoning their tickets.

“The general election is still in 2027; it’s still two years away.

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“Why are we so preoccupied and behaving in such a way that Nigerians begin to look at the political elite across the political divides, that we don’t care about them?

“Why are they taking the decision two years before the general election?” he asked.

“They are very experienced people, and they know the implications of showing their way too early. So, it’s either they are playing the predetermined game or batting some people to come around because they’ve been shopping around for who to be the presidential candidate of the party,” the ADC spokesperson stated.

Speaking on who would likely emerge as the flagbearer for the ADC in the 2027 election, Abdullahi assured that the party has many capable and qualified aspirants and will provide a level playing ground for a candidate to emerge.

“When people say that the coalition was put together for a particular candidate running elections, in the papers yesterday, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar came out to say he is going to run for president.

“So, if this whole thing was put together for him, why would he need to come out to say he is running for president. Don’t forget we still have the likes of Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and others who are interested in running, and we have reiterated that they have an equal chance,” he said.