The Labour Party Nigeria has officially zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the southern region of the country.
The party’s acting National Chairperson, Nenadi Usman, confirmed the decision during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.
The former Minister of State for Finance stated that the zoning decision had already been settled within the party
“We have one certain decision that we have taken, and that is that we will certainly not field any aspirant from northern Nigeria.
“We have zoned the position to Southern Nigeria. So if any northerner comes now to want to contest elections, we certainly will not accept that,” she said
Usman, however, declined to name any potential candidate, insisting that the party would follow due democratic processes in selecting its flagbearer.
“As for who, I can’t tell you now because then it won’t be democratic anymore. Whoever the people like and vote for during the primaries… could be the candidate.
“We cannot go out there to beg people, please come and use the Labour Party to contest elections. It’s never done,” she said.
(Punch)
