Publisher and former PDP presidential aspirant Dele Momodu has strongly condemned the party’s decision to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, calling it “the most reckless decision in the history of our nascent democracy.”
Momodu alleged the move was masterminded by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, who he claimed is acting in concert with President Bola Tinubu’s political interests. “Ultimately, the hand was that of Wike while the voice was that of Tinubu,” he wrote in an Instagram post.
He went on to accuse PDP leaders of succumbing to “cheap and puerile blackmail” from internal actors who are covertly aligned with the ruling APC. Momodu asserted that the zoning decision effectively turns the PDP into a platform for Tinubu’s 2027 re-election and dismissed speculation about potential southern candidates as “blatant lies from the pit of hell.”
According to Momodu, Wike’s opposition to zoning in 2022 followed by renewed insistence on a southern shift now reveals a double standard. “The same man who threw out zoning and even sought to be vice president to a northern candidate is the one now crying loudest that power must be ceded to the South in 2027,” he added.
