Nigeria, Feb. 2 -- Elder statesman and former federal commissioner for information, Edwin Clark, has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to step down as the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 general election.

Mr Clark said this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday.

He said that Mr Okowa's running as the PDP vice presidential candidate, was contrary to the resolution of the 'South-south Forum' that the presidency must shift from the North to South in 2023.

"Mr Okowa has betrayed his colleagues in the Southern Governors Forum and the south generally.

"This man has betrayed us by accepting to be the running mate of Atiku. Without me, it would have been difficult for him to become ...