According to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Bola Tinubu would have to justify his re-election considering the standard of life for Nigerians in the general elections in 2027.
He also offered his thoughts on the defection of former State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori.
This was said on Thursday by PDP Acting National Chairman Ambassador Umar Damagum while presenting Chief Ezenwafor Jude, the party’s candidate for governor of Anambra State, a Certificate of Return.
“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 ourselves from this hardship that is inflicted on us by design, not any coincidence.”
He also offered his thoughts on the defection of former State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori.
Oborevwori, Okowa, and every cabinet member of the Delta State administration switched to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday, leaving the PDP.
The PDP leader claimed that the party did not deserve the political treatment it experienced as a result of the defection since it had been too generous to Delta State.
“It’s very sad and unfortunate because, to me, if there’s any state that should think that way, it’s 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.”
