The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the 2027 general elections will essentially be a contest between President Bola Tinubu and the current living conditions of Nigerian citizens.
This statement was made by PDP Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, on Thursday during the presentation of a Certificate of Return to Chief Ezenwafor Jude, the PDP candidate for the Anambra State governorship election.
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“This election in 2027 is not about how many governors you have or how many leaders. It’s about Tinubu and Nigerians,” Damagum said.
“The ordinary man is feeling the pain, and the decision is his. So I want to use this opportunity to tell Nigerians that it is their election. It is APC versus Nigerians.
“It’s not APC versus any governor or senator or anything but APC versus Nigerians. So I want to urge all of us to close ranks and rescue ourself from this hardship that is inflicted on us by design, not any coincidence.”
Damagum also addressed the reported defections of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
On Wednesday, Oborevwori, Okowa, and the entire Delta State cabinet switched their allegiance from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The PDP leader expressed that the party had been overly generous to Delta State and did not deserve the political betrayal it experienced through these defections.
“It’s very sad and unfortunate because to me, if there’s any state that should think that way, not Delta, because the party is very magnanimous. I thank God that in their message, they didn’t say that the party did anything wrong to them other than good,” he said.
“It’s a decision taken by them, but the pains will be in us, not because of anything, but because we have given Delta State all our support, from the emergence of the governor to his predecessor, who also doubled as our vice presidential candidate.
“I think we’ve done it all for them in Delta State. We least expected this action from them. All the same, this is a party that have seen more than that, but it’s still standing.”
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