A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Emmanuel Ogidi, has fingered the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the crisis rocking the opposition party.
Naijaonpoint reports that the PDP has been grappling with an internal crisis that has led to members resigning in droves and joining the APC.
Recently, the former spokesman of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, resigned from the PDP.
In an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday, Ogidi, the caretaker chairman of PDP in the South-South geopolitical zone, said the PDP is fighting a system trying to destroy the country’s democracy.
Ogidi also expressed optimism that, despite the crisis rocking the party, there is still hope that it will wrest power from the APC in 2027.
He said, “We are fighting a system that is trying to destroy democracy. There is hope for democracy because PDP is the face of the opposition. PDP stands for democracy.”
Meanwhile, statutory organs and key leadership blocs of the PDP have thrown their weight behind the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC) led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), signalling a major consolidation effort following the party’s 2025 National Convention in Ibadan.
The show of force and unity is being organized through a series of high-level solidarity meetings scheduled to hold in Abuja over the coming days.
In a statement signed by the National Organizing Secretary, Theophilus Dakas Shan, the party structures mobilized include: PDP State Chairmen; National Assembly Caucuses (Senate and House of Representatives); National Ex-Officio members; Forums of former governors, ministers, and past NWC officials.
The party announced a schedule of strategic engagements aimed at stabilizing the party and charting a new course for the opposition movement.
The key meetings are slated as follows: the NWC will on Wednesday, meet separately with PDP state chairmen, members of the House of Representatives, and National Ex-Officio members. On December 16, former governors, former ministers, and former NWC members are expected to meet the new party leadership, while the Senate Caucus will hold its session with the NWC on December 17.
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