A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Kabiru Turaki, says the party will participate in the 2027 general election despite its internal crisis.
Ini Ememobong, spokesperson of the Turaki faction of the PDP, spoke on Tuesday after an expanded meeting of the party’s board of trustees (BoT), which included governors, national working committee (NWC) members, state chairmen, and other stakeholders.
Ememobong said the meeting was convened to deliberate on the implications of the recent Court of Appeal judgment and the party’s survival, with a view to ensuring it remains eligible to participate in the upcoming general election.
“Despite the underlying issues, the spirit in the room was clear — PDP must not die. Nigerians still look up to the PDP as a stable platform to contest elections, especially with the tight timelines outlined by INEC,” Ememobong said.
“The guiding philosophy of the discussions was that PDP will be saved and will remain a political party that will be on the ballot.”
Ememobong said party leaders considered various legal, political, and strategic options to safeguard the PDP’s future. “Several ideas, legal, social, political, and even emotional, were proposed on how to ensure two things: that PDP does not die and that PDP will be on the ballot,” he said.
