The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-East has aligned itself with the position of the Southern Governors’ Forum that the next president of Nigeria should come from the South.

The PDP South-East also directed that the existing zoning pattern in states and constituencies of the zone must be strictly adhered to.

Briefing journalists after a zonal executive committee meeting of the PDP in Enugu on Sunday, the national vice-chairman (South-East), Ali Odefa, said it was agreed PDP should zone the presidency to the South ahead of the party primaries.

The meeting was attended by the party’s leader in the South-East, including Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Okezie Ikpeazu, PDP national secretary Sam Anyanwu, state and federal legislators. Others were NEC and BOT members.

Mr Odefa said the PDP South-East stood with the resolution of the southern governors “that the next president should be zoned to the South.

On the issue of zoning at the state and constituency levels in the zone, the PDP vice-chairman said, “We said where there are zoning patterns they must be strictly observed and adhered to in every state and constituency. We also went ahead to make interventions for our members who are holding political and elective positions in Anambra state who didn’t defect to other political parties but stood by the PDP in times of bad weather.”

(NAN)