Breaking: PDP Zones 2027 Presidential Ticket, Details Emerge
- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made a crucial announcement ahead of the 2027 presidential election
- The PDP announced that it has decided to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the southern part of the country
- The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, shared more details about the party's decision ahead of the 2027 election
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FCT, Abuja - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South.
The main opposition party retained the existing National Working Committee zoning formula for the November elective convention.
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The decision was made at the party’s 102nd National Executive Committee meeting on Monday, August 25, 2025.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this while addressing newsmen after the NEC meeting in Abuja on Monday, August 25, 2025.
As reported by The Punch, Ologunagba said the decision was made following the presentation of a report by the Zoning Committee, chaired by Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri.
Ologunagba further stated that the NEC also expressed satisfaction with the level of preparations for the November convention slated for Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
”NEC recommended that the North and South should retain their current NWC positions.
“NEC also resolved that since the National Chairman of the party is zoned to the North, the PDP 2027 Presidential ticket is hereby zoned to the South.”
Is GEJ the Trump Card for PDP in 2027?
Legit.ng recalls that the PDP, battered, bruised with haemorrhaging supporters, like an old ship taking on water, has pulled out its most glittering ace, a comeback wish for former President Goodluck Jonathan.
With a steady mass exodus of loyalists to the African Democratic Congress, the APC, the NNPP, and other smaller parties, the PDP’s latest move is as desperate as it is bold: dangle GEJ’s name to spark hope, grab headlines, and perhaps, just perhaps, breathe life into a party on a political life support. It’s no secret why PDP is doing this.
The party has been reduced to playing second fiddle in its own supposed opposition role, thanks in no small way to the political havoc wrecked by the FCT Minister and immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, who has unwittingly turned the PDP into a willing support arm for the ruling APC.
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2027: PDP's Wike speaks on candidate he will support
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the FCT minister, Wike, disclosed who he will support in 2027.
Wike explained that he would support a candidate who would make Nigeria grow and protect the interests of the country.
In an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Wike noted that his choice is aimed at preventing Nigeria from going backwards.
Source: Legit.ng
