A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dele Momodu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made a mistake by zoning its 2027 presidential ticket to the South.

Momodu, who supports former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's 2027 presidential bid, said it is the turn of the North to occupy Aso Rock.

According to a statement issued on his Instagram page, by 2027, the South would have held power for 17 years since 1999, while the North would have held power for only 11 years.

He said if power remains in the South in 2027, it would be 21 years to 11 years in favour of the South. "Is that fair? Is that justice?
Let equity prevail. 2027 is the North's turn," Momodu said.

He lamented that the decision by the PDP will favour the re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

"Yesterday, one of Africa's biggest, but seriously embattled, political parties shot itself in the leg by choosing to hide behind one finger. The PDP finally succumbed to the cheap and puerile blackmail of the black sheep in the opposition party who are openly and daringly working for the ruling party. The shame of it was seeing the so-called seasoned politicians engage in self-adulation for taking the most reckless decision in the history of our nascent democracy, by zoning the 2027 Presidential candidacy to Southern Nigeria. The deliberate pretence was sheer bunkum. Who did not know that ultimately the hand was that of Wike while the voice was that of Tinubu.

"Their game plan is not hidden. Wike keeps belching orders at helpless governors who are too jittery to stand firm against daredevil dictatorship. They could not even rescue one of their prominent members in Rivers State, SIM FUBARA, when his boat of governance capsized. The same man who threw out zoning in 2022, and even lobbied to be Vice President of a Northern candidate, is the one now crying loudest that power must be ceded to the South in 2027," he said.

Momodu urged the PDP members to be courageous enough to admit that Tinubu will be the joint candidate of the APC and their party in 2027.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of. Give it to WIKE, love him or loathe him, you will always know where he stands, no matter how preposterous and ludicrous. No Jupiter will stop WIKE from using PDP structures for TINUBU. That's already a done deal. Let PDP stop deceiving Nigerians that it will field a Southern candidate against TINUBU. Speculations about the possible candidacy of Goodluck Jonathan, Peter Obi and Seyi Makinde are blatant lies from the pit of hell.

"What is more, the hypocrisy behind the reason for zoning power to the South stinks to high heavens.

"Where were these guys when President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua died and no one fought for his replacement from the North after Jonathan completed their first term? In fact, Jonathan would have spent 9 years as President but for his defeat by Buhari in 2015. Where were they when TINUBU ran on a Muslim/Muslim ticket? The questions can continue ad infinitum!!
TRUTH must not be selective," he said.

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