Bode George, the former chairman of the board of trustees and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has stated that strategic efforts are being made to obtain a southern presidential candidate in the face of mounting concern over the party’s zoning system ahead of the 2027 elections.
According to George’s interview, the party is secretly forming an alliance around respectable southern leaders who might represent the PDP in 2027 against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
George reportedly said, “The process of electing a Southerner to be the party’s presidential flagbearer is underway.”
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Some members of the National Executive Committee are still against the party moving the presidential ticket to the South, despite George and other Southern PDP leaders’ support. They contend that the party should put electability and internal cohesion ahead of regional concerns.
George emphasized the value of prudence and calculated timing in exposing possible candidates, while acknowledging the zoning disputes.
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Arrangements are already underway, he continued, and there are a number of reputable, accountable, and morally upright individuals who have been tried and tested.
However, it is premature to begin naming people. Now, you are inviting trouble if you do that.
After former Vice President Atiku Abubakar left the party and a new opposition coalition led by the African Democratic Congress emerged, the PDP is facing a tumultuous internal environment.
