₦airaland Forum

Gotocourt:
Emperor wicked Wike is holding their Balls and Atiku doesn't want to use common sense 👌

Lanruze:
What is wrong with PDP is simple :The Greed of Atiku Abubakar to become President by all means even when the odds are evidently against his ambition.

He has assumed an irritating dimension as he continues to remain mute whilst younger party members in the PDP have formed a consensus whilst moving out of the party in droves for him
All these Igbo and south south guys should leave Atiku alone,is not the reason for ur downfall in politics in Nigerian...
Dear Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,

Don't allow anybody born of woman to deceive you on 2027, you can not win if you contest, rather throw your support behind a gallant southern candidate and have history write you name in Gold.

Simple !

casualobserver:
PDP was a military construct. It was the anointed party for the transition. Even the presidential candidate Obasanjo was hand picked by the military. That you had civilians does not mean it wasn’t a military construct. Look at a lot of the top brass in the PDP from 1999, a lot of them are ex military. OBJ,Babangida, David Mark, Bode George, Oyinlola, Nyako, Jang, Atiku, Alamieyeseigha, etc. Even late yaradua that became governor of katsina in 1999 became governor because he is from a military family! Go through a list of the PDP chieftains and governors senators etc, you will be amazed how many of them are ex military, police customs, DSS, NSA etc or people who were “friends” of the forces particularly the military. PDP was a creation of the military. That is where you will find the Ex military/ ex forces boys because it was their party.

Tell me which opposition party in 1999 had retired military men? They were all in PDP because it was their soft landing transition party.

It was their creation, like all military exploits they use civilians just like politicians use civil servants to do their dirty work….so don’t be deceived.

I know many of you are young and may not know many of these people are retired military. Go through the top brass in PDP from 1999-2007 and check their backgrounds. They are either military, police, customs, DSS, NSA, etc. even Anenih ex PDP chairman is ex police!

Party chairman ex police
President ex military
Vice President ex customs
Senate president. Ex military
Numerous governors and senators ex one force or another

And you expected such a party to behave democratically?

It is that legacy haunting g them today!

casualobserver:
PDP was never a Democratic Party. It was a creation of ex military generals with the purpose of transitioning power from military to civilians. As such it operated with a military mindset…. With impunity, Imposition, dictatorial, command and control, do as I say structure It’s undemocratic nature was masked because it was in power. It unraveled when it lost power because it is not rooted in compromise, give and take and other democratic principles. As such it didn’t know how to handle being in opposition and those who tolerated the impunity deserted it when there was no cake to share!

They are now forced to learn how to be a Democratic Party.

PDP is not dead and will be back but it needs to realize its priority now is rebuilding the party, reducing the influence of those with the old tendencies and forgetting about winning presidential elections for now.

SmartEnergyng:

By One Who Knows That No House Falls From the Outside Without Cracks Within

A gale is sweeping through Nigeria’s opposition — not the gale of power, but of desertion. And no party is bleeding faster than the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Every day, a governor jumps ship. Every week, a senator waves goodbye. And every month, a former stakeholder becomes a latter-day critic.

Yet the PDP’s first instinct is to blame the weather.

“They are being bought,” they say. “They are being threatened.” But when your roof keeps leaking, the question is not about the rain. It’s about your roofing sheet.

Let us speak plainly: what is wrong with PDP is PDP.


It is not Bola Tinubu. It is not the APC. It is not gale, wind, thunder, or political harmattan. It is the simple fact that a party once described as the largest in Africa[b] now behaves like a ship without a compass — and worse, without a captain.
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Leadership is the first casualty. The PDP has not had a moral centre since Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat. The party has drifted from one court case to another, with chairmen fighting like village kinsmen over a chieftaincy title — each faction more concerned with ownership than direction.

When history offered the PDP a golden moment — a chance to learn from its loss in 2015 and rebuild — it chose instead to pretend nothing happened. Like a man who wakes up in a burnt house and still searches for the TV remote.

By 2022, as the APC wrestled with fuel queues and Naira redesigns, the PDP had a golden opportunity to present a credible, united front. Instead, it stumbled into an ethnic war zone of its own making, mishandled zoning, insulted its Southern base, and handed the Labour Party an emotional advantage it never paid for.

And at the centre of this chaos is one man: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar — the perennial contestant, the familiar face on the wrong side of history. Atiku’s insistence on being the “last man standing” has become a bulldozer that crushes internal consensus. Rather than groom successors, he declares himself the only saviour left — like a prophet who refuses to leave the pulpit even as the congregation dwindles.

This is not ambition. It is addiction.

And now, the party groans. Governors leave, not because APC is perfect, but because PDP has lost its flavour. People do not eat saltless stew twice — no matter how nostalgic they are about the recipe.

What PDP needs now is not a press statement. It needs a mirror. It needs to look at its old mistakes: alienating the South, ignoring youth, mishandling internal democracy, running campaigns like inheritance.

Opposition is not a title. It is a discipline. It requires strategy, humility, and reformation. None of which PDP has shown since 2015.

So let the gale of defection blow. Let the rats flee. But when the house collapses completely, let no one blame the storm.

The termites were already inside.

kennyz247:
Which common sense are you expecting from atiku?he should allow Obi to pick pdp presidential ticket abi,

nairavsdollars:
Nothing is wrong with PDP. Blame Atiku’s greed and arrogance. Period

SmartEnergyng:

By One Who Knows That No House Falls From the Outside Without Cracks Within

A gale is sweeping through Nigeria’s opposition — not the gale of power, but of desertion. And no party is bleeding faster than the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Every day, a governor jumps ship. Every week, a senator waves goodbye. And every month, a former stakeholder becomes a latter-day critic.

Yet the PDP’s first instinct is to blame the weather.

“They are being bought,” they say. “They are being threatened.” But when your roof keeps leaking, the question is not about the rain. It’s about your roofing sheet.

Let us speak plainly: what is wrong with PDP is PDP.


It is not Bola Tinubu. It is not the APC. It is not gale, wind, thunder, or political harmattan. It is the simple fact that a party once described as the largest in Africa[b] now behaves like a ship without a compass — and worse, without a captain.
[/b]
Leadership is the first casualty. The PDP has not had a moral centre since Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat. The party has drifted from one court case to another, with chairmen fighting like village kinsmen over a chieftaincy title — each faction more concerned with ownership than direction.

When history offered the PDP a golden moment — a chance to learn from its loss in 2015 and rebuild — it chose instead to pretend nothing happened. Like a man who wakes up in a burnt house and still searches for the TV remote.

By 2022, as the APC wrestled with fuel queues and Naira redesigns, the PDP had a golden opportunity to present a credible, united front. Instead, it stumbled into an ethnic war zone of its own making, mishandled zoning, insulted its Southern base, and handed the Labour Party an emotional advantage it never paid for.

And at the centre of this chaos is one man: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar — the perennial contestant, the familiar face on the wrong side of history. Atiku’s insistence on being the “last man standing” has become a bulldozer that crushes internal consensus. Rather than groom successors, he declares himself the only saviour left — like a prophet who refuses to leave the pulpit even as the congregation dwindles.

This is not ambition. It is addiction.

And now, the party groans. Governors leave, not because APC is perfect, but because PDP has lost its flavour. People do not eat saltless stew twice — no matter how nostalgic they are about the recipe.

What PDP needs now is not a press statement. It needs a mirror. It needs to look at its old mistakes: alienating the South, ignoring youth, mishandling internal democracy, running campaigns like inheritance.

Opposition is not a title. It is a discipline. It requires strategy, humility, and reformation. None of which PDP has shown since 2015.

So let the gale of defection blow. Let the rats flee. But when the house collapses completely, let no one blame the storm.

The termites were already inside.

Blazebond:
Only .a clown takes defection in Nigerian politics serious, because how can a sensible Nigerian that knows the greed and self-preservation of it's politicians still take those selfish politicians trading one party for another party as serious? For real, how can you be taking Nigerian politicians serious? We ought to be uprooting this thieves from power and not discussing about their rubbish defection.

olaolulazio:
you sat in front during the deal.

SensetionalGoal:
Yes , Atiku should allow Obi to pick the pdp presidential ticket is anything wrong with that

ClearFlair:
Lol...only Peter Obi cares about Nigerians.

malali:
The Real Reform: Demote the Legislature
Until being a Senator or Rep becomes a part-time civic duty (not a multi-billion Naira career), Nigeria’s democracy will continue to operate like an oil-thirsty cartel. Make it part-time, cut the convoy, remove the immunity, and the wheat will separate from the chaff real quick.

SmartEnergyng:

By One Who Knows That No House Falls From the Outside Without Cracks Within

A gale is sweeping through Nigeria’s opposition — not the gale of power, but of desertion. And no party is bleeding faster than the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Every day, a governor jumps ship. Every week, a senator waves goodbye. And every month, a former stakeholder becomes a latter-day critic.

Yet the PDP’s first instinct is to blame the weather.

“They are being bought,” they say. “They are being threatened.” But when your roof keeps leaking, the question is not about the rain. It’s about your roofing sheet.

Let us speak plainly: what is wrong with PDP is PDP.


It is not Bola Tinubu. It is not the APC. It is not gale, wind, thunder, or political harmattan. It is the simple fact that a party once described as the largest in Africa[b] now behaves like a ship without a compass — and worse, without a captain.
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The termites were already inside.

SensetionalGoal:
Yes , Atiku should allow Obi to pick the pdp presidential ticket is anything wrong with that

kennyz247:
Let's not deceive ourselves,Obi doesn't have the political power to challenge Tininu and APC government..

okoloto:
When it's time for work, he will run to dubai but when it is time to reap, he will come down and arms twists everyone.
The problem and what killed pdp is wike and atiku rift.
And it's not going to be better. Wike might be stubborn but he is always fighting a just fight.

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
How can you reform the legislature when the legislature is already a law unto itself?

How is it even possible to achieve this sort of sweeping reform without the total inclusion of the legislature who we are sure will never consent to the removal of its political feeding bottle?

TheChameleon:
Nothing is wrong with PDP...

People just grossly underestimate Bola Ahmed Tinubu, even his supporters.

I am sure even Remi, his wife doesn't fully understand him.

People are putting the blame solely on Atiku... but who else can PDP turn to?

Bukola Saraki? Or who? Tinubu will flog all of them mercilessly.

Just wait patiently till 2031. Only God can remove Tinubu no one else.

Someone who mocked a sitting President for being a serial loser and crying.

Someone who flogged President + Vice President + Senate President + Party Chairman and CBN Governor COMBINED.... is a man to be feared.

A Don