Amid ongoing debates over power rotation and zoning, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Umar Sani has expressed a preference for former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s presidential candidate over Labour Party’s 2023 flagbearer, Peter Obi. Speaking during an appearance on Trust TV’s *Daily Politics* on Saturday, Sani responded to speculation that the PDP may be considering either Obi or Jonathan for the 2027 presidential race. Sani, a former media aide to ex-Vice President Namadi Sambo, argued that regardless of the truth behind the speculations, the North would favour Jonathan over Obi. He added that a four-year term for Jonathan would complete the South’s turn of eight years in power. “I will prefer that President Jonathan takes the ticket, not because I do not like Obi, but because that will ensure that the South will have completed their four years.” He argued that, by law, Jonathan’s presidency cannot exceed a four-year tenure, adding that Obi’s promise to spend four years in power is merely “political talk.” He said that even though Obi’s integrity speaks for him, it is better for the PDP and the North to support Jonathan, who, by law, cannot spend more than four years, than to have Obi, who is only bound by his words. He said, “Between somebody making a promise and somebody who is compelled by the law that he must leave, which one will you take? This one is compelled by the law, he does not need to make any promise. He has to go after four years. This one is making a promise. A promise can be kept and may not be kept either way. But on this one, you are sure that it must be kept. So for the North, I think Goodluck Jonathan is the best choice.” Sani’s position is based on the argument that any southern presidential candidate in 2027 should be ready to serve a single four-year term to complete the South’s eight-year cycle, balancing the eight years served by the late former President Muhammadu Buhari from the North. Although Peter Obi has declared his readiness to serve just one term if elected in 2027, Sani maintains that an Obi presidency could still disadvantage the North and further postpone the region’s return to power.