Primate Ayodele reveals how PDP can displace APC

Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can become the governing party in Nigeria only if they resolve their internal crisis.

Primate Ayodele in a recent message via his known X (formerly Twitter) handle, asked the PDP to be united.

Legit.ng reports that the PDP was in power in Nigeria for 16 years, and since the party was displaced by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, it has twice unsuccessfully tried to unseat the APC.

Primate Ayodele said: “The fact is that PDP can only be settled if they remove the issue of disunity. There is a force of disunity that they have invoked on PDP. Unless they settle that disunity. If they don’t settle that disunity, PDP will not go well. It will take them another time.”

The @OfficialPDPNig will continue having troubles within its members because there is disunity force within the party and except this is tackled there won’t be a way forward for the party. pic.twitter.com/Krhz08aKcN

— Primate Elijah Ayodele (@primate_ayodele) November 25, 2023

Possible NNPP, PDP alliance Meanwhile, the leadership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) welcomed the proposed merger of opposition political parties by the former vice president and former presidential candidate of the PDP during the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2027.

However, the party said while it is open to collaboration and alliance with any of the political parties, including the Labour Party, PDP, and even the APC, it stated that such an arrangement must put into consideration the interest of the citizens and consolidate the gains of Nigeria’s democracy.

PDP governors back judiciary

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that PDP governors drummed support for the Nigerian judiciary despite court judgements upturning the victory of Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau state and Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara state. The PDP made its stance known in a joint press conference led by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state on Thursday, November 5.