{"id":176511,"date":"2025-08-28T18:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zoning-unconstitutional-pdp-never-insisted-on-north"},"modified":"2025-08-28T19:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:17:31","slug":"zoning-unconstitutional-pdp-never-insisted-on-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zoning-unconstitutional-pdp-never-insisted-on-north","title":{"rendered":"Zoning Unconstitutional PDP Never Insisted on North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has maintained that zoning of presidential ticket is not constitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Momodu said all competent and qualified Nigerians should be allowed to contest for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>His comment comes amid the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, zoning of its presidential ticket to the South.<\/p>\n<p>The former ruling party had taken the decision during its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>However, Momodu recalled that PDP never zoned after former President Musa Yar\u2019Adua died.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, he wrote: \u201cThere was never a zoning. Yar\u2019Adua died but PDP never insisted on power remaining in the North.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJonathan could have governed for a total of 9 years if he defeated Buhari in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOBJ (8) + GEJ (5) + TINUBU (4) from 1999 to 2027 = 17 years out of 28 = 11 years to the North. If Tinubu wins fair and square in 2027, so be it, and if opposition beats him black and blue, he should pls go back home, in peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever. Zoning is not in our Constitution and I believe every competent and qualified Nigerian should have a chance to run for the highest office.\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. Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has maintained that zoning of presidential ticket is not constitutional. Momodu said all competent and qualified Nigerians should be allowed to contest for the presidency. His comment comes amid the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, zoning of its presidential ticket to the South. The former ruling party had taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[7616,254,65,2774],"class_list":["post-176511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-dele-momodu","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-yaradua"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zoning Unconstitutional PDP Never Insisted on North - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has maintained that zoning of presidential ticket is not constitutional. 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