2027: PDP dismisses merger talks with LP, others

2027: PDP dismisses merger talks with LP, others

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is not in merger talks with Labour Party or any other political party ahead of the 2027 general elections.

National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, clarified this in a statement, in Abuja, on Wednesday.

His statement was in reaction to speculations that some discussions were on going among top opposition parties including the PDP and LP in order to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ologunagba said, “National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after its 587th meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, restated for the umpteenth time that the PDP is not engaged in any merger, fusion or amalgamation talks with any other political Party or interest.

“While the PDP, as a truly people’s party, is open and welcoming to all Nigerians including our former members who left for other parties, we state that our Party remains strong and formidable, capable of winning elections in a free,fair and transparent electoral process in our country.

“The NWC acknowledges the influx of millions of Nigerians into our party in the ongoing Party Membership Drive in all the Electoral Wards across the country, which further confirms that the PDP remains the party of choice for majority of Nigerians.

“The public, teeming members of our great party, Democracy Institutions and of course the International Community should therefore disregard any report suggesting any form of merger between the PDP and any other political Party as such is not in the contemplation of our great party.”