2027 polls: Why PDP zones presidency to South
*Retains existing zoning arrangement, confirms Damagum nat’l chairmanlSays APC can’t play fairlWe didn’t micro-zone leadership positions – Gov Diri lAnyanwu, NWC sign letter to INEC for Nov convention lEnugu, Plateau, Taraba govs not defecting to APC – Mohammed lZoning presidential ticket to South, too late, Wike’s aide tells PDP TO stand a chance of beating All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Bola Tinubu, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has 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 ...