Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated yesterday that a northerner cannot be the party’s presidential candidate in 2027.
During a news conference to address party difficulties, he also warned that if the party’s troops are not united, it risks losing the 2027 election and being extinct.
He claimed that party unity and all-member inclusion “are ingredients to a viable strategy for our future electoral victories.”
However, he remarked that some individuals are already pushing the idea of a northerner as the party’s savior in 2027, claiming that the outcome will be disastrous.
“A Northerner cannot be the presidential candidate of our party in 2027, pure and simple.
“The earlier some members pushing this agenda know this truth, the better for our collective sanity. PDP members must understand this reality before it is too late that a PDP member from the Southern part of the country must be our candidate and we must all support him to defeat the APC candidate in the 2027 elections.
“Until 2031, nobody should think of contesting for the presidential ticket of our party from the North. The real elders in our party should stand up and say the truth.”