Prof. Jerry Gana, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party has claimed that Peter Obi will defeat any Northern contender in the 2027 presidential elections, if he contests under PDP.
Prof. Gana made this claim when he sat with Arise Tv’s Prime time on Wednesday. “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.
Peter Obi, a one time member of the PDP made his exit before the 2023 elections to pitch his tent with the Labour party to pursue his presidential ambition. In recent times, there has been speculation that he may return back to the PDP, especially since the former party Flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar has made an exit from the party.
During the Interview, Gana revealed that there are talks to bring Peter Obi back into the party. “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.
Commenting on the recent internal crisis within the party, Gana said that it was simply an issue within a few elites in Abuja, and it did not spread to the national body. To him, the PDP started as a grassroot initiative that deals with the core of the people.
He said “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.”
“We were totally in control, and that is why we were very delighted that we restored democracy to Nigeria and re-established civil rule.”
“Because for a number of years there was military rule but we successfully terminated that in a very democratic way, so the PDP was really as it were, a grassroots party.
“That’s why when we said ‘power to the people,’ we meant it because that was what it was, and it has been like that.“So when this recent problem happened, it was really among a few elites here in Abuja. It didn’t even go beyond.”
