Bauchi gov: We’ll give APC a big fight in 2027

Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, and Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has said the party will give the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a big fight in the 2027 general elections. The governor spoke on Thursday during the opening session of the 101 National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP […]

Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, and Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has said the party will give the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a big fight in the 2027 general elections.

The governor spoke on Thursday during the opening session of the 101 National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP in Abuja.

“PDP is a party that has shown resilience. We are working behind the scene to ensure that we remain intact; to create a platform for Nigerians,” he said.

“The governors recognise the challenges faced by the NWC and they have shown that they are with us. We will give the APC a big fight in 2027. We are strong and working together,” Bala added.

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In his remarks, Secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT), and former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, who spoke on behalf of the board’s chairman, said all efforts must be made to convene an elective national convention where new national officers of the party would emerge.

“The outcome of the convention will determine the political landscape. We must work hard to ensure we survive. We must guard our utterances in order not to complicate the issues,” Makarfi said.

He expressed optimism that after the emergence of a new leadership, most of those who left the PDP would return to the party. “At the end of the tunnel, there will be light. PDP will come back,” he said.

In his remarks, Senator Abba Moro, the Senate minority leader (PDP, Benue South) said, “The meeting is designed to propel PDP to the next level. We have been working to ensure the PDP remains one big family since 1999.”

Speaking on the defection of PDP members to the APC, and particularly senators, Moro said, “Some people are in politics by accident, they gravitate from one party to another for survival.”

He, however, assured that the remaining senators on the PDP platform would do their best to ensure the party bounces back.