PDP Will Not Give 2019 Ticket To Hausa / Fulani – Barrister Jacob

BARRISTER Mark Nzamah Jacob, a former Commissioner of
Justice and Attorney General, Kaduna state, who was a key player
in the Neighbour -2-Neighbour campaign that retained the then
President, Goodluck Jonathan in Power, has given insights on
how the North would produce the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) presidential ticket in 2019.


Jacob, who is usually referred to as a ‘restless advocate’ of the
right of the Middle Belt, in a recent chat with Vanguard, said he
was happy with the 2019 Presidential ticket zoned to the North
by the PDP.


He said, “The 2019 Presidential ticket to the North zoned by the
PDP is in sync with me.

I have no problem with that, except that
some of us would like to know which kind of North the PDP is
talking about. Because, there is a section of the North that
believes that it’s the only part of the North.

“Even when it is a minority in the North, it arrogates the definition
of the North to itself.

“If the PDP is talking about a north that includes me from
Southern Kaduna, that includes the Idoma man from Benue, the
Nupe man from Niger, the Bachama man from Adamawa, then I
am happy.

So, let no one think that the zoning of the ticket to the North is
for Hausa/Fulani. They have had their share of power.
“The late President Yar’adua and now President Buhari are Hausa/
Fulani.
“That is enough. It is the turn of the majority of the North who are
the other ethnic nationalities scattered in 14 Northern states.
“Let the Hausa/Fulani never imagine rearing their heads near the
ticket when the time comes,” Jacob noted.