2027: Olawepo-Hashim vindicated as PDP Legal Adviser says zoning won’t bar aspirants

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA — The Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim Solidarity Movement has hailed the clarification by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, that the party’s zoning statement volition not forestall aspirants from immoderate portion from contesting its statesmanlike summons successful 2027.

Ajibade, speaking connected Arise Television’s Morning Show, explained that portion zoning is simply a utile instrumentality for equity, it cannot override the Nigerian Constitution, which guarantees each citizens the close to question elective office.

“Even if we portion our statesmanlike campaigner to the South, it volition not halt anybody from immoderate portion of the state from showing interest. We cannot bash things that volition contradict the Constitution of Nigeria, which is the expansive norm,” Ajibade stated.

Reacting, the South West Coordinator of the movement, Alhaji Abass Olaniyi, described the clarification arsenic a “major victory” for ideology and a vindication of Dr. Olawepo-Hashim’s long-held presumption connected inclusive politics.

“By taking this step, the PDP has chosen fairness and inclusivity, ensuring that each qualified Nigerian has a accidental to contention without discrimination,” Olaniyi said.

The radical has consistently argued that zoning indispensable not beryllium weaponised to exclude competent leaders, peculiarly from the North, stressing that enactment arrangements should ne'er supersede law rights.

Dr. Olawepo-Hashim, a businessman turned politician, is wide recognised for his issue-based authorities and efforts to span Nigeria’s North-South divide. His rising illustration has continued to substance speculation astir a imaginable statesmanlike bid successful 2027.

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