Turaki assures members PDP will feature on 2027 ballot

Turaki gave the assurance during his opening remarks at the 103rd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of his faction of the party held in Abuja.

He said the PDP leadership was working round the clock to ensure that party remained a viable platform for all aspirants despite the lingering crises

“It is my pleasure to also inform us that the leadership is assiduously working round the clock to ensure that PDP remains a veritable platform for all our members wishing to contest for elections, both in 2027 and beyond.

“We feel that to whom much is given, much is expected. The support, the cooperation, the solidarity of members of National Working Committee (NWC) and indeed other leaders of this party is so humongous.

“It is overbearing to us that our irreducible minimum responsibility for all of you is to ensure that we keep PDP not only afloat, but in a state where we will contest and win elections, and by the special grace of God, come back into government at the centre in 2027,” the former Minister of Special Duties stated.

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Turaki noted that the leadership had intentionally delayed the meeting to analyse unfolding scenarios both within and outside the courtroom on the party’s leadership crisis.

He said that as leaders, they were in a better position to inform party members of all the developments.

On the defection of PDP members to other political parties, Turaki noted that the exit of high-profile members—including former presidents, vice-presidents and governors, would never lead to the party’s collapse.

“PDP will continue to exist because it has become an institution as far as democracy in Nigeria is concerned.

“Nobody and no group of people can stand up and say, ‘This is our party.’ That is why despite the loss of members, it has not affected the survival of this party,” he added.