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The South-East cannot win Presidential election for the PDP. No Southern candidate can win 2023 presidential election with PDP – Dokpesi
Media mogul and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has stated that no political candidate from the South-East and your entire south can win 2023 presidential election with the opposition occasion.
Dokpesi made the declare in an interview with Every day Belief. He additionally acknowledged that on grounds of fairness, justice and equity, the South-East must be given a chance if the slot is zoned to the South.
Including that whoever emerges President of Nigeria must compensate the folks of the South East if actually we would like the emergence of the brand new Nigeria, the PDP chieftain stated the opposition occasion’s presidential candidate ought to come from the North in the event that they actually need to win the 2023 election.
He stated;
The South East can’t win the election for the PDP that’s simply the reality of the matter. I don’t beat across the bush; I deal with points as they’re and as I perceive them. There isn’t any candidate from the South East, even I dare say there isn’t a candidate from the South that you simply put within the North at this time that can be capable to win. It will be a humongous problem.
If we’re the Nigerians, I would like us to be, if we imagine within the unity of Nigeria and we additionally imagine in fairness, justice, and equity, there isn’t a motive we must always not give it to the South East if the slot is given to the South. Nonetheless, is there fairness, justice, and equity in Nigeria’s politics? The reply is NO! So, don’t allow us to over flog the matter. I feel that whoever emerges because the president of Nigeria must compensate the folks of the South East if actually, we would like the emergence of the brand new Nigeria.
When informed {that a} Northern President will deny the South one other 8 years of being in energy, Dokpesi stated;
It is dependent upon your arithmetic and what you’re on the lookout for. I belong to the Peoples Democratic Occasion and never the APC. So, the APC is free to do no matter they need to use as a technique. In 2015, we introduced a Southern candidate whereas they introduced a Northern candidate they usually have been stated to have received. So, what’s incorrect with us presenting a Northern candidate now whereas they current a Southern candidate? Within the PDP, you’re conscious of the truth that President Obasanjo had a full eight years as a Southern candidate; he was succeeded by Umar Yar’adua, a northern candidate. Yar’ adua used two and half years throughout his tenure and the remaining of his tenure was utilized by Jonathan, who did one other 4 years, making a complete of six years for Jonathan. And since then, we’ve got not had a candidate from the North. So, the North continues to be in deficit of the presidency if we’re to have a look at it. Some folks determined to be summary however I’m a scientist that’s the reason I’ve taken it how it’s. So, when you combination them, you possibly can see that there’s nonetheless a deficit in favour of the North. So, that needs to be a part of what PDP ought to put into consideration. I don’t care in regards to the age of the candidate however the expertise, the capability, the data about Nigeria and the power to unify this nation.
The truth that President Buhari is adjudged to be a whole failure doesn’t imply that each Northerner is a failure; it’s only a lack of coverage. Even through the army regime, Buhari was a whole failure however those that introduced him and determined to pressure him on Nigerians owed Nigerians explanations on why they introduced him. A leopard doesn’t change its pores and skin. Buhari can’t change his capacity, he was restricted and that was why he was overthrown in 1985. So, bringing him again was simply to rubber stamp that failure. We’re capable of finding liberal Northerners, competent ones which might be in a position to fraternise regardless of the spiritual, tribe, and political variations and unify this nation. So, our important goal is to get the one who can unify Nigeria.
