A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Kassim Afegbua, has hinted at a possible lawsuit against the party if its National Executive Committee (NEC) fails to zone its presidential ticket to the southern region for the 2023 general elections. According to Afegbua, failure to zone the ticket...
Zoning
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – Members of the zoning committee set up by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to zone the 2023 presidency and other elective offices in the country have submitted their report to the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) at the party”s National Secretariat in Abuja. Presenting...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A pan-Nigeria group, One Nigeria Democratic Initiative (ONDI), has faulted the on-going campaign by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to undermine the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to leave its Presidential ticket open to the most popular candidate. The PDP had...
Benue State Governor and Chairman, Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Samuel Ortom has dismissed insinuations in the media that the committee has thrown the presidential ticket of the party open. He insisted that the committee was being quoted on what it did not say. The governor...
A foundation member of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu has mocked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for jettisoning the zoning of its presidential ticket, saying it’s akin to buying vehicle with the name tag, ‘no refund after payment’. Okechukwu who is also the Director General of...
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP (PDP), Zoning Committee, says it will present its unanimous decision on zoning to the party National Executive Committee (NEC). The Chairman of the committee and Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, disclosed this after the committee’s meeting held at Benue State Governor’s lodge on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A coalition under the auspices of Unified Northern Nigerian Youths Forum (UNNYF) has insisted that the 2023 presidency must be zoned to the south for the sake of equity and fairness.. The group in their concern warned that any northerner contemplating to succeed President...
Chairman of the PDP Zoning Committee and Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said that they will come out with an acceptable position for all. The Governor who briefed journalists at the end of their second meeting which lasted for more that three hours at the Benue State lodge,...
The curious position of the South-East PDP caucus on zoning is simply unacceptable. That position has simply thrown the South-East under the bus; it has left the zone very vulnerable and weakly positioned to pursue the PDP presidential ticket compared to the other zones that are fighting to secure...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general elections and governorship primaries of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Musa Adede has warned party stakeholders that Cross River State is already a failed state and does not need to sacrifice competent for zoning. “In my view this...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has warned the party against leaving its 2023 presidential ticket open for all members to contest. He believes while it is necessary to ensure the right candidate is fielded to vie for the highest office in the land in...
Delta Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has said that the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no written agreement on zoning for the governorship election, come 2023. Aniagwu disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Asaba. He noted that there were capable men...
The Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Dr Sam Amadi, has advised political parties to micro-zone their 2023 presidential ticket or leave it open for all to contest. Amadi in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, said that the school was of the view that...
Mr Kenneth Imansuagbon, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, has labelled those calling for the zoning of the 2023 Presidential ticket as enemies of the country. Imasuangbon made this assertion in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Benin. He said the country...
A former Chairman and National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has said that the party constitution allow zoning of political offices. Baraje, the new ‘Tafida of Ilorin’, made this known on Wednesday while addressing journalists in his residence in Ilorin preparatory to his...
A group, Coalition of Saraki Advocates (COSA), Kaduna State Chapter, has supported the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on its plan not to zone the 2023 presidential election to any of the six geo-political zones. The State Coordinator of COSA, Yasir Kamal, in an interview with the News Agency of...
Former Aviation Minister and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osita Chidoka, says the main opposition party is in a dilemma over the zoning of presidency to any region. Chidoka, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said he would personally want the PDP...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Forum of Serving and Former House of Representatives members, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to jettison the idea of zoning the 2023 presidential ticket to any region in the country. The spokesman of the Mr Mukhtar Ahmed, who made the...
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi says he will contest in the 2023 presidential election if his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), throws it open for all to contest or zones it to the south. Obi, who was PDP’S vice-presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential polls,...
The airwaves have been inundated with the call for a power shift from the North to the South even though zoning and rotation are not expressly provided for in the 1999 Constitution handed down to us by the Military under Gen Abdulsaalam Abubakar rtd. It is an internal arrangement...