Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved that the party's presidential ticket for the 2027 general elections will be zoned to the South.

This decision was disclosed by the party's National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, while reading the communique issued at the end of the NEC's 102nd meeting held on Monday at the party's national secretariat in Abuja.

"That having retained the position of the national chairman in the northern region of the country, the presidential candidate of the Party for the 2027 general election is hereby zoned to the southern region," the communique reads.

This decision effectively rules out aspirants from the North, such as Governor Bal...