NDC Clears Way for Obi, Zones Presidential Ticket to South
POLITICS DIGEST – The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has zoned the presidential ticket for 2027 to Southern Nigeria.
NDC reached the decision at its national convention in Abuja on Saturday.
“NDC presidential ticket is zoned to the South!!” the party wrote on its official handle.
The party said the presidential ticket is for a single four-year term. It allocated the 2031 ticket to northern Nigeria.
The development comes as the leadership of the party, including Peter Obi, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and others, is holding in Abuja for the national convention of the party.
The convention is expected to rectify some of the recent decisions of the national executive committee of the NDC.
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According to the agenda made available to journalists, some of the issues on the table for discussion and resolution are zoning, ratification of the amended party constitution, and the election of national executives of the party.
The NDC recently witnessed an influx of politicians who defected from other political parties, including the ADC and the PDP.
On Tuesday, no fewer than 17 members of the House of Representatives defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to NDC.
Their defections were announced on the floor of the House during plenary.
Lawmakers who defected to the NDC include Yusuf Datti, Uchenna Okonkwo, Adamu Wakili, Thaddeus Attah, George Ozodinobi, Lilian Orogbu, Oluwaseyi Sowunmi, Peter Aniekwe, Mukhtar Zakari, George Oluwande, and Munachim Umezuruike.
Others are Emeka Idu, Jesse Onuakalusi, Ifeanyi Uzokwe, Afam Ogene, Murphy Omoruyi, and Abdulhakeem Ado.
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