{"id":176326,"date":"2025-08-27T22:28:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdps-zoning-to-south-grave-error-says-stakeholder-fabiyi"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:36:20","slug":"pdps-zoning-to-south-grave-error-says-stakeholder-fabiyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdps-zoning-to-south-grave-error-says-stakeholder-fabiyi","title":{"rendered":"PDP&#8217;s Zoning to South Grave Error Says Stakeholder Fabiyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A stakeholder of the Peoples Democratic Party, Oladimeji Fabiyi, has described the party\u2019s zoning of the presidential ticket to the southern part of the country as a grave error and deliberate mischief.<\/p>\n<p>Fabiyi made this statement on Wednesday while responding to questions in an interview on The Morning Brief, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a member of the PDP for quite a long time, who truly understood the trajectory of PDP, I think what PDP did on this zoning thing was a grave error, and it was deliberate mischief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I say this with some sense of responsibility, because I understand the trajectory of this party very well, and in the next weeks, months, we\u2019ll see what will play out as a result of this decision. It will really destabilize the party, to bury the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the history of PDP, we knew how zoning arrangements had already been managed. Zoning has never been a problem of the PDP. It has never been, except now that we have these few individuals, these few leaders, who believe, because they want to satisfy their selfish interest, [they] made zoning agitation an issue. As far as I know in the PDP, zoning has never been an issue,\u201d he said.<\/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 stakeholder of the Peoples Democratic Party, Oladimeji Fabiyi, has described the party\u2019s zoning of the presidential ticket to the southern part of the country as a grave error and deliberate mischief. 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