The results of the five off-cycle governorship elections held under President Bola Tinubu seem to be further undermining the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) efforts to regain its position as the nation’s major party.
NEWSFLASH reports that since Tinubu assumed office as Nigeria’s president on May 29, 2023, five off-cycle elections have been conducted in Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo, Edo, and Ondo States.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, won four states, while the PDP, the hitherto largest political party in Africa, claimed just one.
The continuous defeat suffered by the PDP during the elections has raised concerns and cast doubt over the party’s possibility of returning to power in 2027.
The internal wranglings rocking the party have not helped matters either, as the leaders remain at each other’s necks over the control of the party’s National Chairmanship seat.
Some analysts are of the view that the PDP needs to tinker with its approach, else it would finally implode by 2027.
