2027: PDP Won’t Give Northerner Presidential Ticket —Bode George

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Friday, July 11th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has stated that the party will not use a Northerner as its presidential candidate in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.

George made this revelation on Thursday during a meeting held by the Lagos State chapter of the PDP to celebrate what members of the party described as the party’s restoration.

According to the former Ondo state military governor, any attempt to field a northerner in the 2027 presidential election would be insulting to the founding fathers of the PDP.

The elder statesman also expressed sadness concerning the defections rocking the party, as he accused President Bola Tinubu of forcing PDP governors to join the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He said: “There is no chance that our party will have somebody from the North in 2027. That would be insulting to the founding fathers of the party, many of whom have passed to the great beyond.

“They (those going against the party’s zoning policy) are perpetually dancing on their (the founding fathers) graves because they are being insulted.

“The late Alex Ekwueme contested for the presidential ticket of the PDP but did not win. However, that did not cause him to collapse the party. That is what you call a God-fearing gentleman.

“On those defecting from the PDP to form a coalition, he said: “I have some advice for all those who have broken away and are saying they are going into a coalition to defeat Bola Tinubu.

“In the meantime, I can tell you confidently that Bola Tinubu and his group are coercing our governors to join the APC. However, the power does not belong to him. People of this country, please open your eyes.

“With all these people running around, a rolling stone gathers no moss. They tried it before, but they ran back. What they are doing is like disowning their father’s house.

“Can you leave your father’s house because it is leaking, and go and stay at a tenant’s.”