{"id":176218,"date":"2025-08-26T18:25:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bode-george-calls-pdp-demands-for-northern-zoning-selfish"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:35:34","slug":"bode-george-calls-pdp-demands-for-northern-zoning-selfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bode-george-calls-pdp-demands-for-northern-zoning-selfish","title":{"rendered":"Bode George Calls PDP Demands for Northern Zoning Selfish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has described calls for the party to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the North as selfish and manipulative.<\/p>\n<p>George stated this on Tuesday, when he was responding to questions in an interview on \u2018Lunchtime Politics, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP chieftain hailed the decision of PDP governors and the National Executive Council, NEC, to zone the ticket to the southern region while retaining the chairmanship in the North.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnanimously, in that NEC meeting yesterday (Monday), we agreed to zone the ticket to the south for the next four years to complete the eight years in the south.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must emphatically thank all our governors; they are respectable young men,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the decision ended in existential imbecility in the party, stressing that those who defected in the past were already returning, recognising that fairness and equity must prevail.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on how the PDP intends to handle members like the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike; and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who worked against the party in 2023, the retired naval commodore explained that the party would not rush into punitive measures.<\/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. A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has described calls for the party to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the North as selfish and manipulative. 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