2023 Presidency: PDP May Lose Again If Northern Candidate Emerges, Says Okupe

A former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has warned the management of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering in opposition to presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 presidential election to keep away from one other main defeat.

The PDP chieftain acknowledged this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Saturday.

Okupe argued that the zoning association within the PDP ended with the 2019 presidential election however that some folks throughout the get together are insisting on presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 ballot.

He stated main politicians had been defecting from the get together due to the problem of a northern presidential candidate.

He expressed the fears that the get together may collapse earlier than 2023 if the gale of defections continues.

Okupe stated, “The gale of defections within the Peoples Democratic Social gathering has nothing to do with any type of disaster. It’s simply a part of happenings when a normal election is approaching

“Those that have defected have private points with get together management, particularly on the zoning association.

“The problem of zoning shouldn’t be a foundation for defections presently as a result of the committee set as much as decide that can quickly conclude their project and submit their report

“Nevertheless, there’s a robust indication that the get together is erroneously tilting in the direction of zoning the presidency to the North.

“Zoning is a veritable instrument that ensures fairness and balancing within the nation, provides hope and confidence and help to our nationwide unity.

“The zoning association which the PDP began since 1998 was primarily based on the belief that the get together will likely be in energy persistently however the second it misplaced energy in 2015, mechanically the association needs to be reviewed in view of the event

“When the PDP misplaced energy, there was a southern president in energy. If the get together didn’t lose energy and accomplished in 2019, zoning would kick in and energy would have shifted to the North.

“Nevertheless, the get together that gained the election offered a northern candidate who by 2023 would have dominated for eight years.

“We nonetheless carried on as if the previous association was nonetheless in place in 2019 and it was justifiable as a result of throughout the PDP at the moment for us to place ahead a northern candidate.

“In 2023, with APC having dominated for eight years with a northern candidate, will probably be preposterous, unjust, uncaring and blatant for the PDP to zone the presidential ticket to the north as a result of the association expired the second our get together misplaced energy in 2019.

“There needs to be a reset of the zoning association in 2023. It doesn’t make sense to exchange a northern authorities of eight years with one other northern authorities for an additional eight years, it doesn’t make sense.

“That’s the reason the PDP ought to zone the presidency to the South. The southern governors who’re the leaders of the South had spoken, we should always hearken to then.

“Will probably be folly, reckless and insensitive for any political get together to disregard the place of the southern governors

“Some individuals who assume they management wealth are speaking throughout the get together whereas cheap and robust males are retaining quiet. Some are being given cash to maintain quiet.

“The battle between Secondus and Wike is pointless. It ought to not have degenerated to this degree. Our get together could lose once more if we zone presidency to the North once more in 2023, ” Okupe added.