PDP Cannot Send 2027 Presidential Ticket To The North – Wike

FCT Minister and senior PDP member, Nyesom Wike, has ruled out the possibility of the party zoning its presidential ticket to the North for the 2027 election.

Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Friday, Wike stressed the importance of strategic planning for the party’s future, arguing that a northern candidate would not be the best choice for the PDP’s revival.

PDP can’t send presidency to the North! I have told them! Selfishness can kill a system. Take for example. If Mr President runs and wins in 2027. By 2031, APC will send their presidential ticket to the North. PDP will do what then? Then you come back again and say since APC has brought it to the North, let’s keep it in the North. What kind of smartness is that?”

When asked if he is still with the PDP since he has been associating with the APC, works for the APC government has been supporting some defections from the PDP to the APC, Wike responded

‘’Justice must be done, It was injustice. I never left the party. I came out to say this injustice will not stand, I will not support it.”

When asked if this is the reason he is tearing the party apart, he said

‘’No I am not. I am building it”

Wike, who openly opposed the PDP’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has previously expressed frustration over the party’s failure to honor its zoning agreement, which called for the presidential ticket to go to the South while the national chairmanship was reserved for the North.

 

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