The Chief Executive Officer of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, who had submitted his Presidential form, has said that ideally, the South ought to produce the next President of Nigeria.
The Ovation magazine publisher who said this during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’, added that it was not true that only the North could win the Presidential election for the opposition party.
Momodu, however, said northern aspirants had also purchased forms and had spent money ahead of the primaries. Hence, it was no longer realistic to insist on zoning.
The Ovation publisher noted that any attempt to force zoning at this point could backfire as it could alienate the North and could also alienate the South depending on where the ticket is zoned to.
“In the PDP, we have boxed ourselves into a corner by allowing everybody to buy forms. I think it will create more acrimony if after I have purchased my form, you now tell me that I am no longer qualified to contest elections. That might lead to litigation.
“Politicians are dancing around. Atiku said the other day that he must run. How do you stop such a man? If you can bully Dele Momodu, I don’t think you can bully some people. I don’t think a man like Nyesom Wike in Rivers could easily be bullied.
“The way the two sides are boxing themselves may not augur well for our party. I will just suggest let bygones be bygones. Let us all go and contest and whoever wins, so be it. But if you give it to the North, there will be a problem in the South and if you give it to the South, you can see the determination of those going around in the North.”
