Southsouth PDP governors demand presidential ticket

•Obaseki absent at meeting •We can’t stop Atiku, Saraki, others, says party.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains divided along the North/South lines over its presidential ticket zoning.

Yesterday, the Southsouth leadership of the party made up of governors, federal lawmakers, former governors and other stakeholders demanded that the zone should be handed the ticket “in the spirit of fairness, equity and justice.”

But the party, through its Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, declared that it would not stop presidential aspirants from the North who have indicated an interest in the ticket.



At yesterday’s summit in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, the Southsouth leaders warned that the party might lose the opportunity to retake power if it failed to allow its stronghold to produce the candidate.

The communique of the summit with the theme: “Engendering a Southsouth agenda for 2023 and beyond,” read by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, said: “The zone is fully in support of the position of the Southern Governor’s forum that the next President of Nigeria must come from the Southern part of Nigeria.”

Addressing the meeting earlier, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike asked the PDP to treat the Southsouth geo-political zone with fairness, justice and equity.

The governor said having consistently voted for the PDP since 1999, the party should not ignore the Southsouth’s contributions to its success.



Wike added: “The Southsouth is the pillar of the PDP. If the Southsouth is the pillar of the PDP, they must be treated with fairness, justice and equity.

“It is not only when it comes to work, it is not only when it comes to giving votes that we will all remember that the Southsouth is the pillar. When it also comes in terms of sharing, they should remember that this is the pillar of the party.”

Wike charged his colleagues, National Assembly members and other stakeholders from the zone to set aside their differences in the overall interest of the PDP.

“We have all said that Nigerians are waiting for PDP to take over in 2023. That is true. But we cannot take over if we are not united. We cannot take over if don’t work together.

“It is for us to put our house together and make Nigerians proud because if we don’t take over in 2023, Nigerians will never forgive PDP. We must take this opportunity and make Nigerians happy,” he said.

The governor said PDP had realised its past mistakes, and would not take Nigerians for granted when given another opportunity.

Wike said the Federal Government’s declaration that it had deleted Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act smacked of corruption.

However, no aspirant in the Southsouth zone, apart from Dele Momodu, has indicated interest to vie.

At the meeting were Governors Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) and Douye Diri (Bayelsa).

Other dignitaries in attendance included PDP National Vice Chairman (Southsouth), Chief Dan Orbih; Senator George Sekibo; former Deputy House of Reps Speaker, Austin Opara; former governors Liyel Imoke (Cross River) and Celestine Omehia (Rivers).

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki was the only Southsouth PDP governor absent at the meeting. He has been having a running battle with Wike.

Yesterday, former Senate President Bukola Saraki obtained the Presidential nomination form in Abuja.

On Sunday, Saraki at a meeting with Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal and Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed in Bauchi said the three of them had decided to produce a consensus candidate from the North.


He added that they would contact former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the first aspirant to pick the party’s nomination form.

PDP spokesman Ologunagba, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone, said chieftains seeking to fly the flag of the party have not broken any rule.

According to him, Atiku and Saraki were exercising their fundamental human rights, which guarantee their aspiration to leadership positions in the country.

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“The zone is fully in support of the position of the Southern Governor’s forum that the next President of Nigeria must come from the Southern part of Nigeria.”

I think from the look of things, the votes Atiku or Tambuwal would get from the South will be from Ndimkpuru Mmiri people.

Asiwaju Tinubu after clinching the Ticket of the APC, will unify the South, and that will be final burial of the IPOB party called PDP.

I like the fact, that South South people have completely detatched themselves from Ndi Afghaneasthern...

PDP will not zone it there,and by the way who in the SS can be competitive to even clinch the presidency. Peter Obi?

Ok

Politics Viz-a-viz democracy, is a game of number and in Nigeria, number and rigging prowess is key....ask my N-brothers

As a Rivers man, I have come to realize that it's not the zone that produce president that matters but the individual who occupied the office.
For example, Buhari has been president going to 8years now but the entire north is like a slaughtering field and the Economy of the contree is not smilling on anyone.
Even his state is not left out, so we should project individuals rather than zone where the godfathers will just throw the ticket to one idiot who will buharize the economy further.

Enough of this rubbish

Hisbah21:
PDP will not zone it there,and by the way who in the SS can be competitive to even clinch the presidency. Peter Obi?

Hatred did not allow you to know that Peter Obi is from South East.

The Nation

Yoruba people and their fear of Atiku .. yesterday Na Peller .. today Na Nation newspaper and twist of narratives

Anyways, south south don’t have political choice .. and will never work with Yoruba tribe

No matter the unity begging and lobbying .. Yoruba can do with the Edos and iteshkiri .. if it works .. I doubt .. Awolowo taught them a bitter lesson

Power returns North

They are just barking, they cant bite.....

Atiku is cuming, and block votes from south south and south east will still go to him!!

Hisbah21:
PDP will not zone it there,and by the way who in the SS can be competitive to even clinch the presidency. Peter Obi?

Nobody..

It is getting interesting. Let see how SE would react if PDP concede it's ticket to South South

Nonpartisan1:


I think from the look of things, the votes Atiku or Tambuwal would get from the South will be from Ndimkpuru Mmiri people.

Asiwaju Tinubu after clinching the Ticket of the APC, will unify the South, and that will be final burial of the IPOB party called PDP.

I like the fact, that South South people have completely detatched themselves from Ndi Afghaneasthern...

Ignorance is truly bliss

Laslas Atiku will still get the ticket.

Frigga13:


Ignorance is truly bliss

PDP will give SS it's ticket, there's nothing you can do

Hisbah21:
PDP will not zone it there,and by the way who in the SS can be competitive to even clinch the presidency. Peter Obi?

Let them forget about massive votes from the South South then.

BSdetective:
Laslas Atiku will still get the ticket.

He will get the ticket, but if he will get the numbers of votes he needs in the South South is what I can't assure you.

If we have to go by zoning, the presidency should go to South East, North East or North Central for fairness and Equity,. Every other zones have tasted presidency.

Parachoko:
Let them forget about massive votes from the South South then.

The only way PDP can stand a chance against APC is to give it's ticket to SS

Ttalk:


PDP will give SS it's ticket, there's nothing you can do

Power returns North...

Tinubu Must Contest.... MUST!

Donshegxy10:
They are just barking, they cant bite.....

Atiku is cuming, and block votes from south south and south east will still go to him!!

The way you people talk is so funny

Block vote from the South East? Yes

But let the PDP forget about a block vote from the South South.

Well, I'm glad 2023 is not far again.

Atiku contested and lost in 2019

Is not only Atiku that have the solution to Nigeria problem.

If the PDP won't give the ticket to the South South

Then the APC will continue to rule.

Parachoko:
He will get the ticket, but if he will get the numbers of votes he needs in the South South is what I can't assure you.

Money and assurances will flow to the leaders of the region and everyone will fall in line..... especially when it's most likely that his VP will come from the SS.

Ttalk:


The only way PDP can stand a chance against APC is to give it's ticket to SS

If PDP won't give their ticket to a South South Politician, then the APC will continue ruling.

Atiku alone does not have the solution to Nigeria problem.

Nendan:
2023 election would undoubtedly the most interesting election in history

you call it interesting? What a noise maker you are!

BSdetective:


Money and assurances will flow to the leaders of the region and everyone will fall in line..... especially when it's most likely that his VP will come from the SS.

We want presidency or nothing.

If PDP won't zone to the South South, then let APC continue.

We will collect his money and vote for the APC.

Abi no be the same Atiku wey no support GEJ in 2011 you dey talk about? We will be waiting for him.

Dp.

I'm waiting for Ohanaeze and their hypocritical ilk to turn their wrath and anger towards the SS PDP governors for making this demand to be ceded the PDP presidential ticket (thereby 'betraying the South'), the same way they've been relentless in attacking the SW for it's desire to compete for the APC ticket to Aso Rock. But I know I'm just wasting my time.

SE/SS pseudo-solidarity in the mud.

Hh

Southern politicians do not have deep knowledge about true governance and leadership.

Northernerns must continue rulling the national affairs. We Northernerns are meant to be rulling Nigeria. It's out birthright. No obstacle can stop us. We are more than southern Nigeria.

I’m supporting Wike for president. The PDP presidential ticket should be automatically given to him.

From Yoruba comments , you will understand how myopic they reason..

Possibilities of igbos joining Apc and voting Apc is much higher than south south..

Pdp is the only party that can work for south south .. becaue it a national party and not some Yoruba people thing like Apc

South south will always avoid Yoruba people .. even before the creation of Nigeria .. m
Yoruba keep forcing themselves on south

E never worked and will never ever work

Yoruba feels south south minorities hate igbOs .. not knowing that south south dislike Yoruba people much more than Yoruba hates the entire igbo blood

Yoruba should start waking up.. propaganda is stale

This is not print media era that Yoruba solely ran newspapers with their editors spreading nArratives

“ we the south south “ story is stale and out