Osita Chidoka- Reason behind 12 PDP Northern presidential candidates in 2019

I will reveal the reason Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 12 candidates from the North fighting for its presidential ticket in 2019, Osita Chidoka.

The former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, while speaking on Channels Television on Sunday revealed that it was because PDP had agreed it was the region’s turn to rule for eight years.

Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, eventually won the ticket, but lost to President Muhammadu Buhari at the poll.

“In 2019, because the PDP agreed that it was the north’s turn to do eight years, we all zoned the presidency to the north.

“If you notice at Port Harcourt, all the 12 contestants for PDP ticket were northern and vice-president Atiku emerged as the candidate because there was an understanding that this is time for the north,” Chidoka said.

The debate on zoning the 2023 presidency continues to rage in both the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

All 17 Southern Governors are adamant that it is time for the region to produce the next president of Nigeria.

Osita Benjamin Chidoka (born 5th July 1971) is a former Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of Federal Road Safety Corps and past Minister of Aviation in Nigeria. He served under President Goodluck Jonathan.[3]He’s also a brother to Obinna Chidoka.