A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Raymond Dokpesi has revealed how his party can take over from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), come 2023 presidential election.
Dokpesi said for the PDP to regain power come 2023, they must project a presidential candidate from the northern part of Nigeria.
The opposition party chieftain made this postulation in an interview with Daily Independent.
Dokpesi who traced the power shifts from former president Olusegun Obasanjo, added that “people should exercise patience because it will still come back to the South” after the north gets it in 2023.
He also mentioned that though he believes that it is fair that the South- East should produce the president come 2023, as it is the only geo-political zone not to have gotten power since 1999, however, ‘the South-East cannot win if it gets the presidential ticket at this time’.
“In the case of PDP, let us look at it honestly. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the South-West did eight years; Goodluck Jonathan from the South-South also did six years. That made a total of 14 years.
“On the other hand, Umaru Yar’Adua from the North did three years, so there is an imbalance of 11 years. If in 2019, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had not been rigged out of that election, he would have come back in 2023 to say that he wants to do a second term. And would anybody have stood on his way? No!
“So, for the PDP, the presidential candidate must come from the North in 2023. People should exercise patience because it will still come back to the South”.
