2023: We Have Not Zoned Our Presidential Ticket – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has not zoned its 2023 presidential ticket to any part of the country.

The National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made this known in a statement on Saturday titled, ‘2023: We Have Not Zoned Our Presidential Ticket -PDP’.

A former member of the PDP who decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2021, Femi Fani-Kayode, had on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Friday alleged that the PDP already zoned the party’s presidential ticket to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.

However, reacting in its statement, the PDP said, “The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party has been drawn to comments and speculations from certain individuals claiming that our Party has zoned its Presidential ticket to a particular part of the country.

“This is completely misleading as it does not in any way represent the position of our Party.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the PDP emphatically and unequivocally states that it has not zoned it Presidential ticket to any part of the country.

“The PDP is a political party founded on democratic principles and every action of the Party, including zoning, is based on extensive consultations, discussions and consideration of all the issues as well as the various tendencies and interests across the nation, with the main objective of ensuring that the unity, peaceful co-existence and development of our nation are reinforced and promoted.