The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Abdulrahman, has vowed to reconcile aggrieved members and rebuild the party’s structure ahead of the 2027 general election.
Abdulrahman, who assumed leadership of the main opposition party on Saturday following the suspension of National Secretary Samuel Anyanwu and Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade, made the pledge during a press briefing at the party’s Wuse office in Abuja on Monday, November 3.
Speaking on the state of the party on Monday, November 3, Abdulrahman expressed concern over its decline since losing power in 2015, describing the PDP’s current condition as “pitiable.”
Reading from a statement titled “A New Dawn,” he said, “We are all aware of the current pitiable state of our glorious party because of the actions and inactions of our leaders and members.
“From being the ruling party for 16 uninterrupted years to being an opposition party for over 10 years now at the national level; from being a formidable opposition to a now humbled opposition owing to the unexplainable, unconscionable defections of governors, legislators, and council chairmen, among others.”
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He said he accepted the role “through the mercy of God and the instrumentality of very critical stakeholders,” promising to heal divisions within the party and end factionalism.
“My job here as Acting National Chairman is to heal the party of its wounds and end factionalisation,” Abdulrahman said.
The new chairman also announced plans to organise an all-inclusive national convention and conclude pending congresses at zonal, state, local government, and ward levels before handing over to a duly elected National Working Committee.
He said, “I want to assure all PDP faithful, critical stakeholders, and Nigerians at large, that a new dawn has come and with it the renaissance of the PDP.”
Abdulrahman urged members to unite behind the goal of reviving the party’s fortunes. “I cannot do this seemingly difficult job alone. I will need all your support, prayers, and genuine commitment to join hands in lifting our party, the PDP, upwards,” he said.
He added that consultations were ongoing and that the National Executive Committee meeting would be held soon to chart the party’s future direction.
