Former National Treasurer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Fanda Adamu, has dismissed the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2027 general elections, saying the opposition party has become a shadow of its former self.
Adamu made the remark on Wednesday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today, in reaction to the PDP’s decision to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South.
He likened the PDP to a “headless chicken,” insisting that the party is politically lifeless despite recent efforts to reposition itself.
“The PDP is dead. You know PDP now is just like a chicken whose head has been cut off. It can continue to wriggle but, you know, it’s dead. The head has been cut off. They are still wriggling,” Adamu said.
He singled out the party’s internal divisions, particularly between its 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, as proof of its weakness.
“What is PDP? It’s Wike and Atiku. Atiku has left. Wike is one leg in, one leg out. So tell me, PDP, if they like, let them zone the presidency to the ocean, not to the south. They will never win,” the former APC treasurer added.
Adamu’s remarks come amid heightened debates within the PDP over its zoning formula, with some members hailing the decision as a strategy to rebuild the party, while others warn it could deepen existing divisions.
