Daboikiabo Warmate, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has reaffirmed that the party will not support President Bola Tinubu’s reelection in 2027.
According to reports, Warmate stated in an appearance on Trust TV that Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike made the personal decision to back Tinubu.
After zoning the presidency to the South, Warmate insisted that the PDP run its own candidate.
“That position to support President Tinubu is just a personal position of the FCT Minister,” he declared. It’s not the party’s stance.
“We will develop a presidential candidate from the top, according to the PDP perspective. Therefore, neither the presidential contender nor the current APC president are being considered.
“We will produce our candidate as a party. According to Wike’s stance, it is his own opinion and he has the right to hold it.
“But what PDP stands for is that, after zoning the presidency to the south and taking into account what caused this crisis, we should produce a credible candidate from the south.”
In the meantime, the PDP’s National Executive Committee is holding an emergency meeting in the Bauchi State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja under the direction of the Tanimu Turaki National Working Committee and the Board of Trustees, which is presided over by Adolphus Wabara.
The purpose of the conference, which is the third of its kind this week, is to settle internal party conflicts, especially those pertaining to the proposed national convention put forth by the caretaker committee led by Abdulrahman Mohamed.
Reconciliation efforts between the PDP’s opposing sections have been at the center of discussions, according to party leaders.
At a similar gathering on Wednesday, Turaki revealed that the group led by him was still amenable to reconciliation and mentioned that talks to end the conflict were making encouraging headway.
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