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PDP Governors Vote To Zone Chairmanship To The North
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) have voted for the zoning of the get together chairmanship to the north — an early indication that the presidential ticket could go to the south.
TheCable understands that on the assembly of the PDP governors held on Wednesday at Akwa Ibom governor’s residence in Abuja, they voted 9-3 in favour of the north.
Three northern governors — Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Adamu Fintiri (Adamawa) and Darius Ishaku (Taraba) — voted for the chairmanship to be zoned to the south.
Mohammed has introduced his intention to run for president in 2023.
Just one Northern governor, Samuel Ortom (Benue), voted for the chairmanship to be within the north.
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state (north) and chairman of the PDP governors discussion board, didn’t vote as he presided over the assembly.
He too is believed to be eyeing the presidential ticket, having run unsuccessfully within the get together major in 2019.
The opposite PDP governors who voted in favour of northern chairmanship are: Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), and Douye Diri (Bayelsa).
The assembly resolved to cross the decision of the governors to the zoning committee of the nationwide conference, presently scheduled to happen on October 30 and 31 in Abuja.
Sources knowledgeable TheCable that the conference could also be shifted to resolve excellent points.
If a northerner is voted chairman, this may occasionally lastly sign that the PDP will decide its presidential candidate from the south — although modifications can nonetheless be made to mirror the north/south stability within the occasion that different compromises are reached.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is but to decide by itself ticket.
Southern governors not too long ago met and demanded that the subsequent president ought to come from the south, however their northern counterparts have insisted that voters ought to be allowed to determine.
