2023: Why PDP Has Slim Chances of Defeating APC, Former VP Namadi Sambo's Media Aide Reveals

2023: Why PDP Has Slim Chances of Defeating APC, Former VP Namadi Sambo's Media Aide Reveals

  • Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a PDP chieftain, Alhaji Umar Sani, has reviewed the chances of the opposition party in taking over from the APC
  • Sani said it will be difficult for the opposition party to defeat the ruling APC because of the internal crisis it's battling with
  • The former media aide to former VP Namadi Sambo said the PDP's recently conducted national convention will be null and void if the party's embattled chairman, Secondus, wins in court

Kaduna - Alhaji Umar Sani, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the opposition party has slim chances of taking over power both at states and federal levels in 2023.

Sani who was a special adviser on media to former vice president, Architect Namadi Sambo, said this in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday, November 24.

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PDP Has Slim Chances of Defeating APC in 2023, Former VP Namadi Sambo's Media Aide Says
Alhaji Umar Sani, a former media aide to former VP Namadi Sambo, says the PDP has slim chances of taking over from the APC in 2023. Photo credit: Abubakar Bukola Saraki
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He said the PDP is facing a lot of challenges which has led to the factionalisation of the party at almost all levels including Kaduna state, PM News reported.

According to him, the PDP has three groups in Kaduna, Senator Ahmed Makarfi’s faction, his boss Architect Namadi Sambo’s faction and the restoration movement.

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Sani reiterated that it will be difficult for the PDP to take over power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna if it fails to address the issues which resulted into factionalisation and put its house in order, Channels TV stated.

PDP governors have hijacked opposition party

At the national level, Sani said the PDP governors have also hijacked the party and that their action resulted in the removal of the party’s national chairman, Uche Secondus.

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Secondu is challenging his removal in court.

Sani said:

“If Uche Secondus wins his case in court, it means the national convention and the executives produced from it will be null and void, which will be a major setback for the party and its chances in 2023.
“If PDP does not check its excesses and put its house in order, it will affect the chances of coming back to power.”

2023 presidency: Governor El-Rufai begs Nigerians not to vote for PDP

Meanwhile, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has appealed to the good people of the state not to vote for the PDP in 2023 so as not to drag Nigeria to the problems of yesterday.

He said the people should rally around and vote for the person he would anoint as the state governor in 2023.

Governor El-Rufai alleged that if not for the attitude of former senators Shehu Sani and Suleiman Hunkuyi, development in Kaduna state would have surpassed the feat achieved by his administration which Kaduna people are now celebrating.

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