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If Atiku becomes the PDP candidate again in 2027, that will be the end of the party.
On Monday, Bode George, a former PDP Deputy National Chairman (South-West), declared that the party will not put Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, forward for the presidency in 2027.
After choosing and staking everything on Atiku as the PDP candidate in 2023, they are still remorseful over the decision, according to George.
George emphasized that Atiku is free to choose a ticket at any party. In 2027, but if he runs for the PDP again, the party would completely fold.
The PDP leader made the remarks while appearing as a guest on Monday’s episode of Politics Today on Channels Television.
George said, “What happened the last time (2023 presidential election) was self-infliction. We shot ourselves in the head by deviating from the doctrine established by the founding fathers.
“Some of us warned that they were not crazy when they established this doctrine or process. We have realised we committed a very stupid mistake in the last election.
“Those who want to go to other parties and pick a presidential ticket can go. We have learned a lesson.
“We had, and I am repeating, eight years of zoning presidential candidate in the north by Section 7 Subsection 3C of our party. Once the North has held the position for eight years, it should have come down to the South.
“Who was the last president for eight years? It was my Oga, General Buhari. So how would another person, Atiku, who is also a northerner, take over the presidential ticket? We messed up. They were completely mesmerised by the procedure, and we told them that it would land in the bush.”
George responded to the question of whether Atiku had any possibility of becoming the PDP presidential candidate in 2027 by saying, “He cannot be.
“This is what I am saying. They have spent eight years in the north. It should be the turn of a southern candidate. That is the doctrine of the founding fathers of the PDP.
“I am not saying he can’t contest. He can go to any party and pick a ticket. If he becomes the PDP candidate again in 2027, that will be the end of this party. We will not accept it.”