A political commentator and former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, on Wednesday during an appearance on an Arise TV program, said that the selfishness among politicians from the South-West region is jeopardizing their chances of producing the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate for the 2023 general election.

He argued that APC’s lingered indecision on zoning resulted in the high number of aspirants from the South-West region. Because of that, aspirants from the North went out en mass to purchase the expression of interest and nomination forms.

He said:

“Initially things were fine. Everyone believed that the party was going to zone it to South-West, until the sale of forms began, and they said they had not decided. Then people from the North started buying forms.

“Almost everybody in the South-West wants to be the President, and that’s the issue. Whoever it is, there should be a rallying point.

“So consensus is more of an intervention to reduce the rancor and acrimony that may come up later by candidates sacrificing their personal ambition for the greater good of the party and the nation.

“Even though the PDP is unable to have a consensus, you can see that an Atiku that has gone round the country and worked hard and has also reached out.

“It was even the Southern governors that made it possible for him to emerge.

“The need of the PDP might be different from that of the APC, the PDP is an opposition party, all they want is for them to win, and whoever would make it possible for them to win is who they would go for. And you must first win before you think of sharing power.”