The Labour Party (LP) has zoned its presidential ticket to the south ahead of the 2027 general elections.

This was disclosed by the National Caretaker Committee chairman of the party, Nenadi Usman, on Tuesday, March 25, on the sidelines after the meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“We have one certain decision that we have taken, and that is that we will certainly not field any aspirant from Northern Nigeria. We have zoned the position to southern Nigeria,” Usman said at the event held in Abuja.

“So if any northerner comes now to want to contest elections, we certainly will not accept that.”

She insisted that the party would adhere to internal democratic processes, declining to name any potential candidate.

“As for who, I can’t tell you now because then it won’t be democratic anymore. Whoever the people like and vote for during the primaries… could be the candidate,” she said.

She hinted of of a possible review of the date for LP’s upcoming congresses due to a surge in its ongoing membership registration.

“If we go ahead to stick to that date, to my mind, we are going to disenfranchise quite a number of people,” Usman said.