A former Chief Whip of the Senate, Professor Sola Adeyeye,
has said that fairness demands that the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) should zone its presidential
ticket for the 2023 general elections to the South- East.
Speaking in an interview with SATURDAY INDEPENDENT in
Abuja, Adeyeye, who said he does not believe in zoning,
however, said if the APC decides that the ticket cannot go to
the South-East because of the party’s popularity in the region,
then the ticket should come to the South-West.
“I have given interviews in the past in which I said I am
ardently opposed to zoning. If we are going to zone and it is
based on fairness, then it should be zoned to the South-East.
“But I don’t believe in zoning. If my party says even if we
zone it to the South-East, we don’t have enough people from
the South-East in our party, in that case, then it should be the
turn of the South-West.”
The APC chieftain said what Nigeria really needs is
competence and getting the best hand from any part of the
country to lead the country and not zoning.
“Honestly, beyond the gimmickry of zoning, what I will want is
that we identify competent people who can run this republic
well and we go for them.
“However, I don’t think that will happen because zoning has
become a religion in our country.
