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The Peoples Democratic Party has declared that it will not support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election.
PDP also dismissed a call by Minister Nyesom Wike for its candidates to back the president as a “shameless, self-serving” move by “pretenders in the opposition.”
The party, in a statement on Tuesday by National Publicity Secretary Ini Ememobong, said Wike’s message was directed not at “real PDP members” but at those working for the governing All Progressives Congress.
“The true and principled members of the People’s Democratic Party are not part of the shameless, self-serving support for the APC-led Federal Government and its destructive policies,” PDP said.
“The paramount duty of the opposition is to provide an alternative to the incumbent, not to massage their ego.”
The PDP said any alliance between opposition parties should be among themselves and not with the governing party, describing the arrangement championed as a “rainbow coalition” as “the greatest threat to electoral democracy and the fastest way of railroading the country into an electoral monarchy.”
The party urged its members to remain steadfast as it awaits a Court of Appeal judgment in its leadership case. “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,” it said.
The PDP warned Nigerians against “elite accommodation and state capture masquerading as broad-based political collaboration,” saying next year’s election offers an opportunity to vote out “these insensitive and irresponsible political actors.”
PRESS STATEMENT
PDP WILL NOT SUPPORT TINUBU’S RE-ELECTION
The news credited to Minister Nyesom Wike that @OfficialPDPNig candidates should collapse their structures and support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu is nothing new, except for the fact that his message is 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 true and principled members of the Peoples Democratic Party are not part of the shameless, self-serving support for the APC-led Federal Government and its destructive policies. The paramount duty of the opposition is to provide an alternative to the incumbent, not to massage their 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.
Signed:
Comrade Ini Ememobong, mnipr
National Publicity Secretary
Interim National Working Committee
Peoples Democratic Party
20102026— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) October 20, 2026
