The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will not support President Bola Tinubu in the coming 2027 general elections.
The party dismissed a report that the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, urged PDP candidates to collapse their structures and support President Tinubu's re-election. According to the party, the reported message was not directed at real PDP members.
"The message is meant for persons who, like him, are pretenders in the opposition but are working for the governing party," the party said in a statement on Tuesday.
It said the party's true and principled members are not part of the shameless, self-serving support for the APC-led Federal Government and its destructive policies. It said the opposition's paramount duty is to provide an alternative to the incumbent, not to massage its ego.
"If at all opposition parties are to have an alliance, it will be amongst themselves, not with the governing party. This political anomaly, styled and championed as a 'rainbow coalition,' is the greatest threat to electoral democracy and the fastest way of railroading the country into an electoral monarchy.
"We urge all true and faithful members of the Peoples Democratic Party to remain steadfast as we await the judiciary’s decision, hopeful that it will return our party to its true owners. Our case at the Court of Appeal has been heard, and we await judgment. We know that the entire judiciary is conscious that justice delayed is justice denied.
"Nigerians should be wary of elite accommodation and state capture masquerading as broad-based political collaboration. The election next year provides a great opportunity to vote out these insensitive and irresponsible political actors," the PDP said.
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