The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the south.

This was disclosed on Monday by an elder statesman and member of the party, Buba Galadima, during an interview with Channels Television.

According to him, there is no mincing words about which zone the NDC presidential candidate for the 2027 elections would come from, as the party has ceded its ticket to the south.

On the issue of submission of the membership register to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Galadima assured that the NDC would not miss the prescribed deadline.

He stated that the party would submit its membership register to INEC either on Tuesday or Wednesday.

“We have zoned the party’s presidential candidature to the south. No mincing words, we’ve zoned it to the sout. Therefore, whoever from the south wants to run, go and register quicly today,” Galadima said during the interview.

Meanwhile, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed reports about plans to defect to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), after the former presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s exit from the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Atiku, in a statement through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Monday, described reports of his imminent defection to the NDC as fake news.

In the statement titled “This is FAKE NEWS”, Shaibu denied claims that Atiku has held secret talks on defection with ADC officials.

He further stated that Atiku remains committed to the ADC and its mission of rescuing Nigeria, and there will be no distraction to it.