2023: Southern candidate can’t win presidency for PDP – Dokpesi

Chairman Emiretus of Daar Communications and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has said no candidate from the South will be able to win the 2023 presidential election for the opposition party.

Speaking with Daily Trust Newspaper, Dokpesi said if his party, the PDP, chose to zone the presidency to the South, it will be fair for the ticket to be given to the South-East.

“The South-East cannot win the election for the PDP, that is just the truth of the matter,” he said.

“I don’t beat around the bush; I treat issues as they are and as I understand them. There is no candidate from the South-East, even I dare say there is no candidate from the South that you put in the North today that will be able to win. It is going to be a humongous challenge.

“If we are the Nigerians, I want us to be, if we believe in the unity of Nigeria and we also believe in equity, justice, and fairness, there is no reason we should not give it to the South-East if the slot is given to the South.

He further disclosed that he is not interested in being the national chairman of the PDP, adding that there are capable people who could lead the party.

“I want to say emphatically that I am not interested in the chairmanship of the PDP,” he said.

“I am just regaining my sanity from the mental torture and the pain I went through in the hands of the APC-led Federal Government and I think that there must be a time to prepare properly and get yourself ready for the challenges ahead.”