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.
