Abba Moro, the senator representing Benue South, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains united despite its recent leadership crises.
The main opposition party is struggling with internal conflicts that have raised concerns about its unity ahead of the 2027 elections.
The disputes is as a result of competing interests and power struggles among various factions within the party.
Moro, the Senate Minority Leader, while speaking during Prime Time, an Arise Television programme on Wednesday, said that a genuine party division occurs only when two parallel leadership structures are in place, adding that this is not the case with the PDP.
“There is no division in PDP. The problem in PDP is not a division in PDP. A division in a party that could lead someone to leave the party and join the other in line with the constitution is where the leadership of the party is divided and there are two parallel leaderships in the party,” Moro said.
“There was in the past a new PDP and PDP; that was a division, because the new PDP had all the paraphernalia of the PDP, and the other party had the whole leadership of the party, so you can call that division.
“But because of the semblance of crisis and disagreement, or conflict, among the members of the party does not constitute division. That’s why I keep insisting that PDP is not divided,” he added.
He noted that the issues facing the PDP are simply “contending tendencies” and should not be confused with an actual split in the party.
“There is no division in PDP; there are contending tendencies within the party. That’s not division,” he stated.
