Bayo Wahab
Former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP), Dan Ulasi, says if there may be honesty throughout the occasion, its presidential ticket for 2027 needs to be micro-zoned to the Southeast.
Ulasi said this on Friday whereas talking on The Morning Present on Come up Tv.
He defined that though the PDP had zoned the presidency to the South, fairness calls for that the Southeast ought to have the slot because it stays the one southern area but to provide a president below the present dispensation.
Ulasi stated, “The occasion has zoned the presidency to the South, and if there may be honesty, they need to micro zone it to Southeast as a result of now, we’re the one zone, theoretically talking, that has not had a presidency on this dispensation, and the Northeast too.”
When requested in regards to the PDP’s attainable candidate for the 2027 election, Ulasi declined to invest, insisting that the end result rests with God.
“I’ll reply that query by telling you that solely God will reply that query to say whether or not PDP may have made the presidency in 2027. Solely God is aware of who shall be alive tomorrow morning,” he stated.
Ulasi, nonetheless, expressed optimism in regards to the occasion’s survival, noting latest efforts to reposition it.
“On the final nationwide government assembly, nearly seven of our governors have been there, and it was refreshing that everyone is now discussing the best way to reorganize the occasion, put it in a stronger footing for 2027 and different subsequent elections which might be coming,” he added.
The PDP chieftain’s remark got here amid the continued efforts by occasion leaders to woo former President Goodluck Jonathan and Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Occasion, to run because the occasion’s candidate in 2027.
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