The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally communicated the names of Ezenwafor Jude and Okeke Francis Chukwudi as its governorship and deputy governorship candidates, respectively, ahead of the Anambra State election slated for November 8, 2025.

In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), dated May 7, 2025, and officially received by INEC on May 12, 2025, the PDP detailed the outcome of its recently conducted primary election.

A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Farouk Aliyu, has slammed the party’s chairman, Umar Ganduje, over one-party state comment.

Naija News reports that the former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives said Ganduje’s position on one-party state did not represent the position of the party.

“Definitely one-party state is not the best for us. In APC, we’re not looking into one-party state. What Ganduje said is his personal opinion. It’s not the opinion of the party, even though he’s our leader but that’s not the position of APC to desire one-party state,” he said.

He stated that it was the responsibility of the opposition parties to keep their houses in order. He, however, said every politician defecting to the APC would not be good for the nation’s democracy.

“However, I want you to note that it’s not our fault if anybody runs to APC. We’ve been in opposition, we stayed in opposition until when we found ourselves in the ruling party. With all the intimidations and so on and so forth. If the members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or other parties decide to join us, we won’t stop them.

“But, honestly, having everybody join APC is not good for our democracy. Also, democracy gives people the right to say, since all of you are in APC, we won’t vote for APC, we’ll vote for any other party. So, let this not scare anybody because the people will decide who to vote for. Whether 90 percent of Nigerians decide to join APC in terms of numbers, but when it comes to voting, the people will decide who to go with,” he stated.

The Jigawa State APC’s Chieftain stressed that Nigerians should be the deciders of who wins an election and not party affiliation.

He challenged Nigerians to vote out the politicians who defected to other parties if they are displeased.

“If the Nigerian public doesn’t accept the gale of movement, they have the right to decide when elections come. When the other person spoke about intimidation, can you say the former governor of Kebbi State was intimidated? This was the person who defeated a sitting governor. Our sitting Governor of Kebbi State was contesting to be a senator and he defeated him. Now he has decided to join the APC. So, if you look at all these, what is our fault? The fault is that they’ve accepted what we’re doing as a government,” he said.

Former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has said except the committee of Bukola Saraki succeeds in bringing displeased members together, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may not survive its internal crisis.

Naija News reports that Suswam said if Saraki’s effort fails, the party’s life would hang in the balance until the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party holds.

“It’s a 50-50 situation. This last effort, which is headed by Senator Saraki, if we are unable to address the issue, then of course it’s likely that you might not have PDP the way you have it now.

“Senator Saraki is a very distinguished Nigerian. Of course, when it comes to character and integrity, you can count on him. And so I believe that people will listen to him. Whether some of them will believe him is a different kettle of fish. But then, he has an arduous task of reconciling people who are genuinely aggrieved. He has started efforts and I believe that will yield results,” he said.

Suswam, however, blamed poor leadership in the party for the continued crisis. According to him, the expanded meeting of the PDP held last week ought to have been held earlier.

“It took PDP so long to convene a meeting to talk about these issues. And so people are asking the question, are these people serious? And I asked that question myself. PDP as a party, are we serious? I don’t think that we’re that serious,” he stated.

He added that NEC may not hold, citing that is was postponed for five times. He also stated that the success of Saraki’s committee would go a long way in determining if NEC would hold.

“NEC of the party is a make or mar NEC. I would say that I don’t have much confidence in the NEC holding because it has been postponed for up to five times. And if the NEC holds, this NEC will make or mar PDP. For now, let’s hope that the efforts of this great Nigerian Senator Saraki will yield some result,” he added.