The Appearing Nationwide Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, on Thursday, April 24, mentioned the 2027 elections could be a direct contest between President Bola Tinubu and the residing situations of Nigerians, not between political events or personalities.
Talking in Abuja whereas presenting the Certificates of Return to the PDP’s candidate for the Anambra State governorship election, Chief Ezenwafor Jude, Damagum urged Nigerians to recognise what he described as a essential second for the nation’s future.
“This election in 2027 is just not about what number of governors you’ve or what number of leaders. It’s about Tinubu and Nigerians,” he mentioned.
“The unusual man is feeling the ache, and the choice is his. So I need to use this chance to inform Nigerians that it’s their election. It’s APC versus Nigerians.
“It’s not APC versus any governor or senator or something however APC versus Nigerians. So I need to urge all of us to shut ranks and rescue ourself from this hardship that’s inflicted on us by design, not any coincidence.”
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Damagum additionally addressed the shock defection of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, his predecessor Ifeanyi Okowa, and all the state cupboard to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“It’s very unhappy and unlucky as a result of to me, if there’s any state that ought to suppose that approach, not Delta, as a result of the social gathering could be very magnanimous. I thank God that of their message, they didn’t say that the social gathering did something incorrect to them aside from good,” he mentioned.
“It’s a call taken by them, however the pains might be in us, not due to something, however as a result of we now have given Delta State all our assist, from the emergence of the governor to his predecessor, who additionally doubled as our vice presidential candidate.
“I feel we’ve executed all of it for them in Delta State. We least anticipated this motion from them. All the identical, this can be a social gathering which have seen greater than that, however it’s nonetheless standing.”
