Anambra Central Senator Victor Umeh has revealed the reasons the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, decided to zone its presidency to the Southern part of Nigeria.
Fielding questions in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Umeh said the decision of the NDC is to complete the remaining four years of the eight years tenure of the South.
DAILY POST recalls that the NDC on Saturday officially zoned its presidency to the South ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“NDC was able to rise to the occasion by doing the needful. In politics, you must do what will make you succeed. You must be driven by a sense of balance, a sense of equity, something that will make people come to you.
“The African Democratic Congress, ADC, was not able to do zoning. Zoning was a problem that caused the PDP the election in 2023. So it is surprising that the ADC, with all the efforts we made and the strength intermask decided to make the same mistake again.
“NDC has risen to the occasion, and knowing that there is no way you can come and challenge the Southern Nigeria in this election, where they are entitled to two terms in office; eight years.
“Because eight years in the last dispensation, when it shifted to the turn of the South, it became necessary that any right thinking person should be able to take candidates from the southern part of Nigeria,” the lawmaker said.
