2027: PDP To Pick Presidential Candidate From South, says Minister Wike
Some concerned leaders in the People Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday resolved that the party must zone its presidential ticket to the South in 2027.
The resolution was read in a communique after the meeting yesterday in Abuja by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike.
The meeting was hosted by the minister.
Reading the communiqué, Wike said the elders resolved that to finally arrest the inexorable drift towards extinction, the PDP must, without further delay, respect the judgment of the Supreme Court.
Wike said the stakeholders have unequivocally reaffirmed Senator Sam Anyanwu as the duly elected and substantive National Secretary of our great party.
They also threw their weight behind the reconciliation committee headed by former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
The communique reads: “At a meeting of the aforementioned group on the 9th day of June, 2025 in Abuja, the state of affairs of the party; the need to reinforce internal democracy, equity and justice within the ranks of the party were discussed and carefully reviewed.
“The eminent stakeholders and concerned leaders drawn from the various states of the federation, took a deep and strong view of the situation in our party and came to the following conclusions:
•The seemingly intractable crisis in the party is as a result of inexplicable refusal of a few to adhere to the party Constitution, with particular reference to Section 36(1)(a) (b) and (c), Sections 47(3)(5) and 48(1)(i) and the definitive Supreme Court Judgment regarding the position of the office of the National Secretary of the party.
The eminent stakeholders and concerned leaders are alarmed that the party is in an inevitable path to self- annihilation, if urgent steps are not taken to rein in the desperate, divisive and selfish tendencies that brought the party to its knees in the lead up to the 2023 election.
These divisive tendencies, unfortunately, have found expression in the conduct of certain interest within the ranks of our party both at NEC, NWC and Board of trustees level.”
