Tobi Adebayo
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has announced his intention to back a Southern candidate for the 2023 presidential election.

Fayose made the announcement via Twitter on Wednesday.

The former Governor, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated that it was the turn of the South to rule Nigeria after President Muhamamdu Buhari’s 8-year tenure.

He tweeted: “The PDP Constitution provides for a rotational Presidency. Section 3(c) provides that the Party shall pursue its aims & objectives by “adhering to the policy of the rotation & zoning of Party & Public elective offices in pursuance of the principle of equity, justice and fairness.”

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“The current President of Nigeria is a 2-term Northern Presidency, thus implying that it MUST be a Southern Presidency in 2023 or NOTHING. Awa ‘South’ lo kan’. Nigerians should await details soon.”

ThisNigeria reports that the presidential flagbearer of the PDP is Atiku Abubakar of Adamawa State.