Prof. Jerry Gana, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minister of Information, has claimed that if Peter Obi returns to the PDP, he will defeat any candidate from the North in the 2027 presidential election.
Gana made the claim during an interview on Arise TV’s Prime Time on Wednesday, amid ongoing speculations about Obi’s potential return to the PDP despite his recent engagements with the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Obi, who was the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, left the PDP in May 2022 to pursue his bid under the LP.
“The PDP is on the ground. I’m a researcher, and I research opinions. In the northern states, Peter Obi under the PDP will defeat any candidate because our people are very fair-minded and just,” Gana said.
Jerry Gana revealed that efforts are still ongoing to bring Obi back into the PDP fold.
“We are reaching out to Peter Obi. Because I’m leading a search team and there are many brilliant people, Peter may be good, but we have somebody better. So, we are searching,” he said.
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Gana also admitted that the PDP mishandled Obi’s exit from the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
“We made a mistake in 2023. If I were Atiku, I would say, ‘Peter, it is now your turn; I would give you a vice-president,’ but he didn’t,” he said.
While speaking on the recent internal crises within the party, Gana stated they were largely limited to “a few elites in Abuja” and did not reflect the mood of the party’s broader base across the country.
His words“I must confess that many people have forgotten that the PDP was created as a grassroots organization.
“In 1998, we were formed and then moving to the elections in 1999 we were in every polling unit, because we are the ones who really won the first election.
“Many people have forgotten the PDP won most of the local governments, when it came to the presidential elections, we won the presidency, we won the Senate, we won the House.#Jerry Gana
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