Momodu also said the pronouncement was the most reckless decision in the history of Nigeria’s nascent democracy.
By Kehinde Okeowo
A former presidential candidate, Dele Momodu, has corroborated the position of activist and businessman, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, saying the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its presidential ticket to the South will guarantee the re-election of President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking on Monday evening while featuring as a guest on Channels TV programme, ‘Politics Today’, Olawepo-Hashim said PDP’s decision was a subtle endorsement of Tinubu’s second term.
“Let me tell you, this is my own position. The zoning of the presidency to the south is a default campaign for return of President Asiwaju.” the PDP chieftain.
While echoing Olawepo-Hashim’s sentiment, Momodu described the decision of the PDP to zone its presidential ticket to the South as a done deal for Tinubu’s re-election.
He added that the pronouncement was the most reckless decision in the history of Nigeria’s nascent democracy.
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He further noted that PDP has shot itself in the leg by bowing to what he called cheap and puerile blackmail from opposition figures secretly working for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a post on his Instagram handle on Tuesday, Momodu wrote, “Yesterday, one of Africa’s biggest, but seriously embattled, political parties shot itself in the leg by choosing to hide behind one finger.
“The PDP finally succumbed to the cheap and puerile blackmail of the black sheep in the opposition party who are openly and daringly working for the ruling party.
“The shame of it was seeing the so-called seasoned politicians engage in self-adulation for taking the most reckless decision in the history of our nascent democracy, by zoning the 2027 presidential candidacy to Southern Nigeria.
“No Jupiter will stop Wike from using PDP structures for Tinubu. That’s already a done deal. Let PDP stop deceiving Nigerians that it will field a Southern candidate against Tinubu. Speculations about the possible candidacy of Goodluck Jonathan, Peter Obi and Seyi Makinde are blatant lies from the pit of hell.”
