President Muhammadu Buhari and Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to zone the 2023 presidential ticket of the party to the South, after weeks of tension and uncertainty.
The resolution was reached at a meeting the APC governors had with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.
The forum also ratified the March 26 National Convention date fixed by the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC); and resolved to explore the option of consensus in picking candidates for various positions.
Rising from the meeting, the APC said it had agreed on a zoning formula that will swap offices held between the North and the South.
By this arrangement, all offices occupied by northerners in the last eight years, will go to the South and vice visa.
President Buhari directed the party leadership to explore the option of consensus, among other options, in the choice of its national chairman, in line with the party’s tradition.
