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Ten years ago, specifically on 31st August, 2013, senior of Peoples Democratic Party, which included former vice President Atiku Abubakar, Governors Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) and Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and some other senior leaders opposed to the reelection bid of President Goodluck Jonathan, staged a walk-out of the ongoing Special National Convention of the Party. Their reason was because the PDP leadership disqualified 50 out of 75 aspirants for various offices in the National Working Committee. Majority of those disqualified were loyal to these leaders. The consequence of that crack was that the aggrieved formed a breakaway structure called new PDP (nPDP), which later dissolved into the newly formed mega opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC), in November same year.

Before the collapse of the nPDP into APC, the Guardian Newspaper on September 5, 2013, published a report titled "Nigeria: walkout could signal the end for ruling party". Several political watchers, especially loyalists of PDP dismissed the effect of these Party leaders on the chances of PDP in the 2015 presidential election. To them, the PDP cannot be defeated - not when they are incumbent. But the results of the 2015 election cleared every doubt.

After the defeat, PDP realised the need to bring back these leaders to the fold. They showed solidarity with Atiku Abubakar, Senator Bukola Saraki, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Governor Aminu Tambuwal and their ers, who though were APC Chieftains but were having serious problems in their new party.

Alas, in December 2017, Alhaji Abubakar returned to PDP, while Senator Saraki, who was Senate President, Senator Kwankwaso, Governor Ahmed, Governor Samuel Ortom (Benue), Governor Tambuwal (Sokoto), Speaker Dogara and some other former nPDP reed the Party in July and August 2018. They all got heroic welcome!

To show that PDP was seriously interested in winning the 2019 presidential election, Atiku got the Presidential ticket in a process where the top 3 aspirants (Atiku, Tambuwal and Saraki) were returnees - there was no discrimination! It is on record that the 2019 presidential election was one of PDP's best outing. The Party maintained its dominance in the Southsouth and Southwest and won Oyo, Bauchi and Adamawa states from the APC in the gubernatorial contests. Zamfara was gifted to the Party, while there was Kano State was "lost" controversially. All PDP needed to do was to consolidate ahead of 2023.

Road To 2023
Between the years 2019 and first half of 2022, PDP was seen as the government in waiting post Buhari due to its formidable structure, cohesiveness and President Buhari poor performance. While APC were having series of internal crisis that led to the ouster of Oshiomhole, PDP remained strong. PDP strength was put in action when a serving Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, ran to it for shelter after his hopes for reelection was shattered by the National leadership of APC - his then Party. The PDP delivered for him.

Like a spell, the first blow was dealt on PDP in March 2022 when Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso led his Kwankwasiya structure to move away from the party to fringe New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP. The reason? The Party refused to allow him, as the leader of PDP in Kano State, nominate the Zonal Vice Chairman of PDP in Northwest - which was zoned to the state. In other words, PDP lost Kwankwaso over an irrelevant position of Northwest Zonal Vice Chairman. Kwankwaso eventually became the Presidential candidate of NNPP.

As if that was not so much a big blow to swallow, Peter Obi, the Party's 2019 Vice Presidential Candidate and a 2023 presidential aspirant, announced his resignation from the Party citing 'internal development' within the Party. He left few days to the conduct of the Party's presidential primary election, ed the Labour Party and emerged as the Presidential candidate of the Party.

While the Party were trying to move forward to work on the victory of its Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and their followers withdrew their for the Party's Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Their condition was for the resignation of Iyorchia Ayu from office as National Chairman based on an agreement he entered in October 2021. Instead of Ayu to quit or find a way to resolve things with the Governors and their ers, he drew the battle like with them. Perhaps, his office as Party National Chairman was more precious than the victory of the party at the Presidential election - Ayu enjoyed the backing of Atiku Abubakar. The issue lingered on until the Governors in January 2023 aligned with the candidates of the Labour Party and ruling APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

2023 Presidential Election:
At the election proper, the opposition PDP fielded three candidates: Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi (LP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP), while the ruling APC fielded only Bola Tinubu. Additionally, PDP main structure in Oyo and Rivers went to the field for the APC - depleting the Party's chances even further.

At the end of polling, the unified PDP, comprising depleted PDP, LP and NNPP, scored a whopping 14,582,740 votes 🗳, while the ruling APC trailed by distance with 8,794,726 votes. The score of the PDP would even be wider when you add the votes PDP chapters in Rivers and Oyo contributed to the APC.

Indeed, the opposition PDP won the battle of the votes by a figure that is more than the Party's performance in 2015 and 2019, but the Party lost the War to the APC candidate due to internal crisis and balkanisation of its House.

If the PDP wants to make a come back to power in 2027, it has to learn from the mistakes of 2013/15 and 2022/23 by maintaining its cohesiveness, while adopting its post 2015 strategy of reuniting aggrieved interests irrespective of their role at the 2023 general election.

TonyeBarcanista writes from Okrika, Rivers State.

Oga go and rest with your useless epistle PDP laid the foundation of what APC is doing today, the only difference is APC does its own with impunity

The PDP is a very useless party. They caused this.
They felt Obi cannot win the presidency for the party hence pushing Obi out of the party. If they have abide by the zoning arrangements of the party and allow the presidency to the South East, Obi would have won under their ticket easily with a big margin. The greed by Atiku and Wike was responsible for the demise of the PDP

This is a very astute analysis!

The PDP definitely needs to take a close look at what went wrong in this election cycle and make changes to its strategy in order to be more successful in future elections.
The cohesiveness of the party is key, as is the ability to bring together different factions and interests in a united front.

I don’t think PDP has the ability to learn from its mistakes and make the necessary changes

~Maureen

..i dey come back...i don forget wetin i wan talk

Who keeps dragging this drunkards post to FP


what a disgusting forum disgusting 🤮

hmm

you again ?

A house divided against itself cannot stand. PDP broke into too many factions.

Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso and G5. How on earth can you defeat Tinibu when you are this divided abs even the G5 worked for Tinubu.

Very sound analysis. Main PDP was and is still the real opposition.

Like a spell, NNPP, LP, and the G5 made a mess of the last election. They made the path smooth for APC to emerge victorious.

What of LP?
Wetin dem win?

Chai..

Today's judgment was TRIBUNALLY funnie.

Ok. All hands must be on deck to move our dear country, Nigeria forward.

Awon Political Analysts ti ber'e

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Yinmu!

Oga Seun, what says you?

seanwilliam:
What of LP?
Wetin dem win?

..he go explain tire

🤣🤣🤣

While LP was feasting on the spoils of war.

Seen

Barcanista, it's quite an age. Where have you been?

Asiwaju is the greatest Nigerian of all time.

At the topic,

You will hardly see a stunch APC er talking down on the PDP pro ers because the party always act maturely unlike the ers of the PDP light, those ones
are natteringg nitwits.

TonyeBarcanister is always on points with his analysis which is always devoid of emotions and sentiments. He says it the way it is.

How on Earth will you have three factions sharing same electorates and expect to win a factionless party?

I hope the PDP pro learn their lessons.

As for the heedless mob, Pandora can never be my president. I'll rather end it myself. I can't even imagine it.

Kai, so disgusting to think I will be governed by that criminal.

lol...very interesting

Taylor87:
Hardship go reach every tribe


We dey watch

You have been wailing since last year and I hope you won’t spend the next 8yrs wailing and complaining ?You better wake up and move on before you are left behind

PDP dug their own graves

sweerychick:
Oga go and rest with your useless epistle PDP laid the foundation of what APC is doing today, the only difference is APC does its own with impunity

Foundation of N8500 bag of rice, N87 per pms, etc abi u no hear wetin fm gov of ekiti fayemi said yesterday. Stop spewing blunder on social space.

Taylor87:
Hardship go reach every tribe


We dey watch

Zonefree lol

Well we are looking forward to an interesting season 9 after very entertaining season after season, it's been very thrilling. I know you will not disappoint. But on a candid note. Why are you always wishing for yourself negative things?

ngeneukwuewuGOAT:
The PDP is a very useless party. They caused this.
They felt Obi cannot win the presidency for the party hence pushing Obi out of the party. If they have abide by the zoning arrangements of the party and allow the presidency to the South East, Obi would have won under their ticket easily with a big margin. The greed by Atiku and Wike was responsible for the demise of the PDP

Obi ran away from Pdp. Nobody pushed him away.

I hope nigerians are aware that many of the pro-tinubu s here are paid agents and not casual s like you and I?

These people are a coordinated propaganda group paid to try and shape and manipulate public opinions.
Look at the "likes" on their posts, you see how it majorly corresponds with the likes on the "pro obi" posts. If on any topic, a pro obi commenter makes a post and it gets 20 likes, you see that the pro-apc posts will get that very same range. 15-25 likes.
Please more people should speak up about this seeing as Seun is not tackling this adequately.

Don't let yourself be manipulated

All EYES on the NIGERIAN ARMY

If PDP like, make them give Atiku ticket again for 2027, dem go still lose

ngeneukwuewuGOAT:
The PDP is a very useless party. They caused this.
They felt Obi cannot win the presidency for the party hence pushing Obi out of the party. If they have abide by the zoning arrangements of the party and allow the presidency to the South East, Obi would have won under their ticket easily with a big margin. The greed by Atiku and Wike was responsible for the demise of the PDP

Let's laugh at this Obidient

I pray everybody has peace.
Too much wahalur hia and dia