The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not zoned its presidential ticket to the North, its former National Legal Adviser, Mark Jacob, has declared.
Jacob, also a former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in Kaduna State, announced this when he appeared on Arise TV’s “The Morning Show” on Monday.
“Nobody has discussed anything on zoning in our party. We have not zoned our party’s presidential ticket to the North. In fact, the feeling among members is that it should be zoned to the Southern part of the country,” he said.
The PDP chieftain noted that though democracy allows it and every member has the right to their opinion, the party would not take unpopular opinion from any of its members.
A recent media report had speculated what it described as a high likelihood that the PDP will pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 election from the North.
The report also said the party’s stakeholders were set to zone the chairmanship position of the party to the South.
But during its 92nd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the weekend, the PDP announced that it would arrive at a zoning formula for the National Working Committee (NWC) at a meeting on September 9.