With hindsight, the Bible Belt states’ loyalty to PDP first emerged in the 1999 presidential elections, with all 17 states that form the bloc voting for the PDP’s Olusegun Obasanjo.
The Northern Alliance was also largely won by the PDP with the exception of Sokoto, Zamfara, Yobe and Osun stat
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