Peter Obi to Emerge As PDP Presidential Candidate in 2027? Bode George Shares Details

• Nigeria's main opposition PDP is getting ready for the 2027 presidential election, Bode George disclosed
• The PDP chieftain insisted that the presidential ticket of the party should be given to a southern candidate, noting that a northern candidate would spell doom for the party
• This has stirred speculations that the PDP may field Peter Obi of the Labour Party as its preferred choice in 2027

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun reconciliation of aggrieved members, indicating interest in bringing back the Labour Party (LP) flagbearer in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, to its fold.

The PDP made this known on Monday, December 11, during a press briefing in Lagos state to address the party's internal issues, Daily Independent report added.

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Speaking on behalf of the PDP stalwarts, Bode George maintained that a southern PDP candidate should be given the party's presidential ticket, as that is the only way the All Progressives Congress (APC) could be kicked out, The Guardian reported.

George insisted that the LP does not have the structure to win national elections. Hence, Obi should consider returning to the party.

He said:

“The Labour Party doesn’t have the root. The LP was a movement; they don’t have a solid root. LP came out of anger, it doesn’t have the kind of root we have. LP is a wind. Where was Obi? We can still talk to him if he wants to.”

Bode George against northern flagbearer in 2027

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Bode George warned members of the party scheming to field a northerner as PDP's candidate in the 2027 elections to jettison the idea.

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George said if such a move were accomplished, the PDP would be consigned to the "dustbin of history in 2027".

He, however, urged the PDP elders to jettison personal interests and adhere to the tenets of the party's constitution.

Labour Party denies merger talk with PDP

Also, Legit.ng reported earlier that the Labour Party dissociated itself from the alleged merger with the PDP and six other political parties against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Obiora Ifoh, LP's national publicity secretary, in a statement on Saturday, December 9, seen by Legit.ng, dissociated the opposition from the coalition of the concerned political parties.

LP said the report associating it with the coalition was false as it quoted one of its officials out of context, adding that it was never and would never be part of any coalition.

Source: Legit.ng