Publisher and politician, Dele Momodu, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its recent decision to zone the 2027 presidential ticket to Southern Nigeria, describing the move as reckless and self-defeating.
In a lengthy statement posted on his Instagram page on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, Momodu argued that the PDP had “succumbed to cheap blackmail” orchestrated by elements within the opposition who, according to him, are openly working for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“The shame of it was seeing seasoned politicians engage in self-adulation for taking the most reckless decision in the history of our nascent democracy,” he wrote, stressing that the zoning arrangement was not in the interest of balance or equity but rather a manipulation by forces loyal to President Bola Tinubu.
Momodu accused former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, of being at the centre of the political manoeuvre. He alleged that while the “hand was that of Wike, the voice was that of Tinubu,” adding that their plan to dominate the 2027 elections was already clear.
He further claimed that the PDP had no genuine intention of presenting a Southern candidate to challenge Tinubu, insisting instead that the party would ultimately align with the president. “No Jupiter will stop Wike from using PDP structures for Tinubu. That’s already a done deal,” Momodu declared.
Dismissing speculations that former President Goodluck Jonathan, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, or Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde could emerge as Southern candidates, he described such reports as “blatant lies from the pit of hell.”
Momodu also faulted what he called the hypocrisy of those justifying zoning power to the South, recalling that when President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua died in 2010, there was little resistance to Goodluck Jonathan completing his tenure, which eventually lasted five years.
“The questions can continue ad infinitum,” he concluded. “Truth must not be selective,” he added
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