We shall decide on the governors alleging to form coalition with others within the party and everybody shall be sanction
In a dramatic turn of events that could reshape Nigeria’s political landscape, the woes confronting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appear to be compounding.
A fresh report claimed that some governors from the PDP and other opposition parties were planning to cross over to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Sources claimed that several PDP governors from the southern region were losing confidence in the PDP and were purportedly considering a strategic move to the APC.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) member, Chief Bode George, has disclosed on Arise TV that there are plans to take vital decisions on members involving in anti-party and such decisions would be taking at the NEC meeting.
Bode George who had recently warned the party risks collapse if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerges as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election.
“To sack any member in the party, there are process, we can sack Wike, not that we can’t sack anybody but there are process we must take and that process shall be decided at the NEC meeting.
“We shall decide on the governors alleging to form coalition with others within the party and everybody shall be sanction.
Atiku, who was the PDP’s flag bearer in the 2023 presidential election, lost to President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
As reported on Sunday, April 20, 2025, by ThisDay, the governors are considering supporting (officially) the alleged second-term push of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This is in response to political rumblings in many northern states, which are threatening withdrawal of support for the incumbent President’s re-elections. Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State last Friday, at a public event, confirmed support for President Tinubu saying in his state, there’s no more party politics as they are all in a “unity party” of PDP and APC.
However, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State and the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, are weighing options of support for Tinubu’s second term whilst not changing or decamping from the opposition PDP.
However, a reliable source in Government House Adamawa told African Drum that governor Fintiri was equally on his way to joining the APC. “All things being equal, Governor Fintiri would soon defect from the PDP to the APC”, the source said.
Meanwhile, Atiku has fired back at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors who rejected coalition or merger with any other political party.
“Indeed, the Coalition Train has left the station and would have multiple stops to bring on board Nigerians of all shades” Atiku wrote on his X handle.
This comment is an indication that the former Presidential candidate and his political party have parted ways in the build-up to the 2027 elections
