{"id":166400,"date":"2025-06-10T12:31:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-zone-presidency-to-the-south-wike-tells-pdp"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T12:36:01","slug":"2027-zone-presidency-to-the-south-wike-tells-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-zone-presidency-to-the-south-wike-tells-pdp","title":{"rendered":"2027: Zone presidency to the South \u2013 Wike tells PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has called on stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone the party\u2019s presidential ticket to the southern region of the country in the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>The minister made this call late Monday while reading a communique after a meeting of critical stakeholders of the party under the auspices of the \u2018Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the spirit of fairness, inclusion, federal character principles and respect for our party constitution, the Party must make an unequivocal pronouncement zoning its presidential candidate to the South in the 2027 elections after the unbroken years of Northern President under President Muhammadu Buhari,\u201d the communique\u0301 read.<\/p>\n<p>At the meeting were former governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia).<\/p>\n<p>Others were the National Secretary of the PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, former Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda, serving and former federal and state lawmakers, some zonal and state party executives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has called on stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone the party\u2019s presidential ticket to the southern region of the country in the 2027 election. 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