JUST IN: PDP To Zone 2023 Presidency To North

• 2023 Presidency
• After he finished his tenure, the successor must be a Muslim and a Northerner.

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A BoT member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri, has said that the 2023 Presidential slot will be zoned to the north.

Waziri, in a recent interview, gave reasons for the move adding that it would be necessary in order to stand a chance to clinch the nation’s most powerful position in 2023.

“We are not the ruling party but an opposition. Why are people concerned about what the opposition party is doing or not doing?

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As of today, what affects us directly; 51 per cent of the time is the action or inaction of the ruling party.

Probably, 49 per cent of the time, it is the action or inaction of the opposition party. So, we should be concerned with what the ruling party is doing.” he said.

“Since democracy returned in 1999, which is now 22 years ago; the PDP had three presidents for 16 years; for President Obasanjo, there was unanimity in the country that he should be drafted, voted and elected because that time required an Obasanjo in Nigeria because we wanted somebody who can fix the country, return the country to its past opportunities; path of good governance and cohesion.

“In 2011, can we deny him (Jonathan) the seat and bring somebody to take over or allow him to continue.

I think good conscience requires that he should be allowed to continue and I am one of those who supported his re-election in 2011 based on that consideration.