A former House of Representatives member, Tajudeen Yusuf, has issued a stern warning to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the southern region or risk ruin.
Yusuf, who is an ally of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, issued this warning when he played host on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday.
“No single politician can win an election without collective goodwill.
“Zone to the south and see what will happen, but if we continue this trajectory and continue to progress in error, we are postponing the doomsday,” he stated.
News360 Info recalls that Wike and other G5 members met on Monday and advocated that the PDP zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the Southern region of the country.
According to Yusuf, zoning the 2027 ticket to the South would restore unity and attract key figures like Peter Obi of the Labour Party back to the fold.
“If today, the PDP ticket is zoned to the South, I have a conviction Peter Obi will be more comfortable coming to PDP, but if it’s not zoned and the dynamics and dialectics of primaries are allowed to play, he might not, just like he moved when it was not zoned and guaranteed a vice presidency. PDP should do the right thing first,” he said.
He also addressed Atiku Abubakar’s current political standing, explaining that the former vice president is no longer in the PDP but is part of the ongoing coalition talks.
The PDP chieftain attributed the party’s 2023 presidential election loss to poor leadership decisions and a controversial northern zoning strategy.
He pointed to PDP’s internal fractures, particularly the fallout from Atiku candidacy, as a key reason for the party’s defeat.
Yusuf lamented recent defection of the former Delta State Governor and the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa to the All Progressives Congress, APC, expressing regret that the 2023 campaign of the PDP heightened the grievances of party men.
