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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Chairman, PDP Advocates for Peace and Justice (PAPAJ), Tom FredFish, has called on the party (PDP) to zone its Presidential ticket to the South-South and specifically to the Minister of the FCT, Barr. Nyesom Wike, to see what he would do with it.<\/p>\n

FredFish made the statement during a media parley in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, noting that the only way to bring peace to the party and honour the party\u2019s long-standing zoning arrangement as suggested by the FCT Minister is to field Wike as its Presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

He noted that the recent composition of a reconciliation committee by the PDP is a waste of time, querying, \u201cWhat and who are they going to reconcile?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PDP should not waste its time setting up committees for reconciliation without considering the zoning of its president to the South-South, and Wike is the only robust and credible candidate in the southern part of Nigeria that can win elections, especially against President Bola Tinubu. Besides that, without Wike, the PDP cannot stand.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking a critical look at the current politicians in the PDP from the South, the governors are weak, as revealed by Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, the PDP NEC is handicapped as well, and the BOT headed by Senator Adolphus Wabara is in a coma.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no one left in the PDP with the finance, reach, and access to the judiciary to \u2018turn things around\u2019 for the PDP like Nyesom Wike. He is the soul of the party, the saviour, redeemer, and solution to PDP\u2019s misfortune.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor someone that President Tinubu cannot do without, the PDP should be happy to have someone like Wike in the party and do everything possible to appease him to contest the 2027 presidential election even if they have to kneel down and beg for his forgiveness,\u201d said Dr. FredFish.<\/p>\n

The Chairman reiterated further that only Wike can help the PDP stop its governors and other prominent members from defecting from the party.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cSenator Saraki should stop wasting the party\u2019s time with the hope that he would reconcile the PDP. He should recommend the immediate zoning of the ticket to the South-South because, with the influence of the FCT Minister within the APC hierarchy, it is easy for Wike to pull them away from President Tinubu back to the PDP.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PDP chieftain chided the FCT Minister for being two-faced and destroying the PDP who made him who he is, bemoaning Wike that since he thinks he\u2019s the only one qualified for the ticket, the PDP should give it to him and see what he would do with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiving Wike the PDP presidential ticket is the right thing to do for Nigerians to know who Wike, who is now bootlicking President Tinubu, really is. Nigerians will see if he would resign as the FCT Minister and face his presidential ambition or if he would reject the ticket and continue to serve President Tinubu while destroying the party that brought him to the limelight,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Chairman, PDP Advocates for Peace and Justice (PAPAJ), Tom FredFish, has called on the party (PDP) to zone its Presidential ticket to the South-South and specifically to the Minister of the FCT, Barr. Nyesom Wike, to see what he would do with it. 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