Adetokunbo Pearse, a PDP chieftain, urges the party to field a southern presidential candidate in 2027, arguing that it would be strategically advantageous and meet the desires of the Nigerian people.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP , and former member of Atiku Abubakar's 2023 Presidential Campaign Committee, Adetokunbo Pearse, has urged the party to ensure that a southerner emerges as its presidential candidate in 2027. Pearse gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Lagos on Sunday. According to him, a northern presidential candidate might not be good for the fortune of the party in the next presidential election.
'The national opinion now, the tendency, the feeling generally, is that the PDP should field a southerner for president in 2027. That is the general feeling. We need somebody from the South to complete these four years, to complete the eight years of southern presidency, so that we can rescue Nigeria. That is the feeling of Nigerians now. Therefore, I will go with the idea that it is not strategic, it is not in our best interest to say we are supporting a northerner for president,' Pearse said. The party chieftain reiterated that PDP did not need any merger with another political party to win. He also ruled out the possibility of major opposition parties, including the Labour Party, New Nigeria People’s Party, and PDP, coming together to challenge the APC in 2027. According to him, there has not been a history of successful political mergers in the country. 'An alliance in our politics, even abroad, you can see it’s very difficult because it is hard for the competing groups and leaders to give way for one or the other. It is not easy, it is not easy, and it is not even realistic. We tried it before and I have a lot of experience with this. It is not possible for PDP to go into any alliance in 2027. I personally think it is very unlikely,' he added. According to him, the LP and NNPP will not bring much to the table as both parties only produced one governor each in the last general elections
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