{"id":176089,"date":"2025-08-25T22:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-zoning-presidency-to-south-a-default-campaign-for-tinubu"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:22:50","slug":"pdp-zoning-presidency-to-south-a-default-campaign-for-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-zoning-presidency-to-south-a-default-campaign-for-tinubu","title":{"rendered":"PDP Zoning Presidency to South A Default Campaign for Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has described the party\u2019s decision to zone its presidential ticket to the South as a \u201cdefault campaign\u201d for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>The statement follows the PDP\u2019s announcement on Monday that its presidential ticket for the 2027 general election would be zoned to the southern region of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Olawepo-Hashim, speaking on Monday during an interview on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today, said the development was unprecedented in the party\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWhat has happened today is unprecedented. PDP has never zoned its presidential ticket before. It means if you are a northerner you find another party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me tell you, this is my own position. The zoning of the presidency to the south is a default campaign for return of President Asiwaju. This is because those who are mounting this campaign of zoning to the south are the same people who are saying, we are in PDP, but we work for President Asiwaju.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at all of them, almost all of them, the same people say, oh, we are in PDP, but we are committed to President Asiwaju\u2019s reelection, and are saying zone it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s a default campaign, for the PDP not to have a viable candidate by those people.\u201d<\/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. Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has described the party\u2019s decision to zone its presidential ticket to the South as a \u201cdefault campaign\u201d for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu. 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