{"id":84755,"date":"2021-08-14T09:37:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T08:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84755"},"modified":"2021-08-14T09:37:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T08:37:29","slug":"only-a-northerner-can-win-presidency-for-pdp-in-2023-dokpesi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/only-a-northerner-can-win-presidency-for-pdp-in-2023-dokpesi\/","title":{"rendered":"Only a Northerner can win Presidency for PDP in 2023 \u2014 Dokpesi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m1838\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Dokpesi, a top member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says his party stands a good chance of regaining power if it fields a candidate from the north in 2023.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe PDP, which was in charge of the country for 16 years, lost to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The APC also won the 2019 presidential election.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAs the 2023 elections draws near, the party has been holding strategic meetings and making realignments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, there has been a clamour for power shift to the south, across parties, including PDP.<\/p>\n<p>But in an interview with newsmen, Dokpesi said PDP members who are canvassing zoning of the presidential ticket to the South are only doing so because they want to copy the APC whose mem\u00adbers are rooting for a zoning of the ticket to the South after the completion of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s ten\u00adure in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He said there is no way his party can win the 2023 presidential election if it presents a candidate from the Southern part of the country.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said, \u201cWe are all Nige\u00adrians and there is no need for us to keep deceiving ourselves at this point in time. At the age of 70 and with my experience in or\u00adganising campaigns in this country, I can tell you that unless there is a candidate from the North, in my own considered opinion, the PDP will not stand a chance of winning the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the ambition of those from the South who are today asking for the presidency to be zoned to the South, I can say that they are only echoing what prevails in the APC. In APC, President Muhammadu Buhari has done eight years, so it is imperative on APC to cede the presidency to the South.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other hand, Uma\u00adru Yar\u2019Adua 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!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, for the PDP, the presi\u00addential candidate must come from the North in 2023. People should exercise patience be\u00adcause it will still come back to the South\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the clam\u00adour for Igbo presidency, Dok\u00adpesi said while he believes that it is fair that the South- East should produce the presi\u00addent as it is the only Southern zone not to have done so since 1999, the South-East cannot win if it gets the presidential ticket at this time.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Dokpesi, a top member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says his party stands a good chance of regaining power if it fields a candidate from the north in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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