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A chieftain of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abba Moro, says the party regrets fielding Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate in the 2023 elections.

Moro, a senator representing Benue South in the National Assembly, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

“As a result of how the election turned out and because the Nigerian people spoke, definitely, it [fielding Atiku] was an error,” the Senate Minority Leader said on Tuesday.

“To lose a very monumental election in that disastrous manner is certainly in for regret.”

The PDP lost the presidential election to the All Progressives Congress (APC), coming second in the exercise won by Bola Tinubu, the then-flagbearer of the ruling APC.

About two years after that defeat, Atiku dumped the PDP and has yet to announce his new party.

Though the 2027 general polls are barely two years away, there are rumours that the main opposition wants to persuade former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, to return to its fold.

Since Jonathan lost to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, he has kept a low profile as he has not been seen at public functions within the PDP.

Similarly, Obi, who was running mate to Atiku in the 2019 elections, dumped the PDP for the Labour Party, where he later secured its presidential ticket for the 2023 polls.

He was said to have been frustrated out of the PDP, a claim that was corroborated by Moro.

But Moro said there were ongoing talks to persuade the duo to join the presidential race.

He added, “So, in the run-up to 2027, I am aware certain individuals have been talking to Peter Obi, ‘Hey, come back home, this is what we are likely to do, and if you come, you stand a chance of being the candidate’,” Moro said on the show.

When asked about the possibilities of ex-President Jonathan returning to the PDP, Senator Moro said, “Some persons are talking to the former president to come and run. It is a possibility”.

2027: All the hue and cry about disciplining Nyesom Wike as a member of the PDP is unnecessary at this time.

Streetinvestor2:
This people obi does not have sense more than all of them.Obi left pdp because of wike
Then when obi lost out completely he became SW mole in pdp.Obi will never return to SW president pdp

franchasng:
My current position now is that Peter Obi should not contest

DMerciful:
On Peter Obi's rock will the new Nigeria be built and the gates of criminality shall not prevail against him!

Peter Obi or nothing

Peter Obi will only go to PDP if the ticket is automatic!

Brendaniel:
But yet Tinubu and Yakubu's INEC wants us to believe that Peter Obi came third behind Atiku and Tinubu came first, Well this the real result of that election

Peter Obi - Winner

Atiku - 2nd

Tinubu - 3rd

But Tinubu and INEC just flipped Tinubu's position with Peter Obi's own because can someone explain how APC attacks Peter Obi more than Atiku who came second and PDP is regretting fielding Atiku in 2023 while also seeking him for presidency over Atiku for 2027 and even rating him with Jonathan, it is clear Peter Obi won that election.

franchasng:
My current position now is that Peter Obi should not contest

DMerciful:
Why shouldn't he contest? When Obi gets the ticket of a party like PDP, the mobilization will be extraordinary

helinues:
GEJ, Obi as presidential candidate for Pdp, anyone having such thoughts should remember Emperor Wike, the co owner of Pdp

Habbeyy:
PDP is a subgroup of APC and nearly everybody knows this

Brendaniel:
But yet Tinubu and Yakubu's INEC wants us to believe that Peter Obi came third behind Atiku and Tinubu came first, Well this the real result of that election

Peter Obi - Winner

Atiku - 2nd

Tinubu - 3rd

But Tinubu and INEC just flipped Tinubu's position with Peter Obi's own because can someone explain how APC attacks Peter Obi more than Atiku who came second and PDP is regretting fielding Atiku in 2023 while also seeking him for presidency over Atiku for 2027 and even rating him with Jonathan, it is clear Peter Obi won that election.

Brendaniel:
But yet Tinubu and Yakubu's INEC wants us to believe that Peter Obi came third behind Atiku and Tinubu came first, Well this the real result of that election

Peter Obi - Winner

Atiku - 2nd

Tinubu - 3rd

But Tinubu and INEC just flipped Tinubu's position with Peter Obi's own because can someone explain how APC attacks Peter Obi more than Atiku who came second and PDP is regretting fielding Atiku in 2023 while also seeking him for presidency over Atiku for 2027 and even rating him with Jonathan, it is clear Peter Obi won that election.

fergie001:
I have been telling Penguin2 since April that Obi should not contest. Sponsor people instead, House of Reps, Senate, even Governorship. Continue your philanthropy and your voice will continue to resonate, I know his inner circle will tell him not to listen!

It's not a matter of coming out to endorse anybody... Condition 1 very possible.
Conditions 2 & 3 never happening. Onwuabasi should just rest, he has made his mark and written his name in the sands of time.

Basic123:
Said by the same set of people that claimed BUHARI HAS DIED SINCE 2017 BUT REPLACED WITH JUBRIL OF SUDAN

Streetinvestor2:
This people obi does not have sense more than all of them.Obi left pdp because of wike
Then when obi lost out completely he became SW mole in pdp.Obi will never return to SW president pdp