A former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose may have concluded plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The former Ekiti State governor gave the hint on his verified Twitter handle.
He said that after the eight-year tenure of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, the next President must come from the South.
According to him, the next President of the country must be someone from the South in 2023 or nothing.
The former governor borrowed the political slogan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, “South Lo kan”, meaning it’s the turn of Southern Nigeria.
Fayose contested and lost the PDP presidential primary election in May. Not a few political watchers have expressed surprise about his sudden campaign for zoning of power to the South.
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“The current President of Nigeria is a 2-term Northern Presidency, thus implying that it MUST be a Southern Presidency in 2023 or NOTHING. Awa ‘South’ lo kan’. Nigerians should await details soon.
“The PDP Constitution provides for a rotational Presidency. Section 3(c) provides that the Party shall pursue its aims & objectives by “adhering to the policy of the rotation & zoning of Party & Public elective offices in pursuance of the principle of equity, justice and fairness,” Fayose wrote.
The governor has had a running battle with the PDP leadership and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over the just-concluded Ekiti State governorship election, in which his preferred candidate, Bisi Kolawole, lost.