Our reporter/ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned the party’s 2027 presidential slot to the southern part of the country.
The party also insisted that the chairmanship position would be retained by a northerner.
This decision was reached as party leaders held their National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja.
The NEC also affirmed Umar Damagum as its National Chairman.
Damagum emerged as acting national chairman in March 2023 after the suspension of a former national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, a decision later upheld by a court.
Before his appointment, Damagum was the PDP National Deputy Chairman (North).
The issue of zoning of the presidential ticket of the party has been a contentious issue in the nation’s political landscape.
Currently, the presidency is occupied by a southerner and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, who was declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Tinubu’s party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has unanimously adopted him as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election.
A crisis rocked the party when former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, emerged as the PDP candidate in the 2023 presidential election after the party threw its ticket open.
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