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A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain and former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, says the party does not need any merger ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n

Pearse, who spoke on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, ruled out the possibility of any merger between the PDP and other political parties.<\/p>\n

He noted that the PDP is not dead but only needed to close ranks and put its house in order to win elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cPDP cannot be running away. Let us forget merger. Are you talking about PDP merging with some of these political parties which do not have offices?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should look inward, reposition ourselves and improve the party, that is what we need to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cPDP is not finished if we do right thing. President Tinubu will be gone in 2027 if we do the right thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Pearse, there is no party PDP can merge with: \u201cPDP needs to stand on its own and build what it has. If we build what we have we will defeat anybody.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have 13 governors now, we have 40 per cent of the National Assembly. What do we need merger for and with who? What can merger bring to PDP?\u201d<\/p>\n

On the outcome of the 2023 presidential election, Pearse said PDP\u2019s candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku\u2019s failure to reconcile with ex-Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, and others, paved the way for President Bola Tinubu to win the election.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was Atiku that failed to do his job. He didn\u2019t do what he needed to do. He should not have fought against Wike, even if he didn\u2019t want to use him as his vice, he could have promised to make him minister of petroleum.<\/p>\n

\u201cWike will do the work and release money to prosecute the election and ensure victory for the party. He didn\u2019t do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

NAN reports that some politicians and analysts have been advocating a merger of opposition political parties ahead of the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n

2027: PDP don\u2019t need merger \u2013 Party chieftain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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