Defections: PDP’s collapse imminent — Ganduje, Wike

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The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said the destruction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is imminent.

But Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara, fired back, saying the party remains alive, just as he expressed confidence that the PDP shall rise again in 2027.

Ganduje, who said the PDP is on its way to extinction, was reacting to remarks by former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, who claimed APC will soon disintegrate and that former PDP members, including Ganduje, will return to the opposition party.

The APC chairman, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, said such remarks are “baseless and illogical”.

He said: “In fact, we will soon receive Sule Lamido because soon, he won’t have a place to go. The PDP is dead.

“It is evident to any discerning observer that under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, the APC continues to gain momentum, with prominent political figures across the country defecting to the party in large numbers.

“With such overwhelming national support, the APC remains focused on consolidating its achievements and preparing for a resounding victory in the 2027 general elections.”

He reaffirmed his pride in leading the APC, which he described as the largest political party in Nigeria and Africa.

PDP’ll implode soon —Wike

Echoing Ganduje’s position, former Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, said the PDP will soon implode due to insincerity of its leaders who were only fixated on fighting him because he took a job with an APC-led administration. Vanguard