By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday declared that it would be on the ballot in all the 2027 general elections, insisting that no individual or group could destroy the party despite its current leadership crisis. The declaration came as the party’s Interim National Working Committee, INWC, convened a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja to rally its leaders, review the implications of last Friday’s judgment secured by the Board of Trustees and chart a common political and legal strategy. The mood in the hall was one of defiance rather than despair, with party leaders repeatedly urging members to stay united, arguing that the PDP had weathered tougher storms before and would do so again.
Opening the meeting, Interim National Working Committee Chairman, Chief Tanimu Turaki, SAN, anchored the party’s position, while former Niger State Governor and Board of Trustees Secretary, Dr Babangida Aliyu, and Chairman of the PDP State Chairmen’s Forum, Hon. Tony Aziegbemi, built on the message with appeals for loyalty, patience and internal reforms, even as they criticised defectors and accused unnamed political opponents of seeking the party’s collapse. “Nobody, and I dare say, nobody can kill the PDP.
PDP will continue to live… I want to tell you that PDP shall be on the ballot for all rounds of the 2027 elections, from the presidential down to the states houses of assembly election. PDP, this PDP shall be on the ballot,” Turaki declared. He likened the current turmoil to the party’s 2016 leadership crisis, recalling how the Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee eventually reunited the PDP after an intense legal battle.
According to him, the present challenge was far less severe and should not unsettle party faithful. “People may recall a time in the past when attempts were made to take the leadership of our party. A caretaker committee was set up under the leadership of His Excellency Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi.
What we are now witnessing in our party is even a child’s play. By the special grace of God, we shall overcome,” he said. Turaki said Thursday’s meeting was convened principally to dissect the recent judgment obtained by the party’s Board of Trustees and fashion a common response, explaining that the leadership had yet to issue an official position because several members of the interim working committee were away when th…
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