TURAKI-LED PDP FACTION ENDORSES G-100 MOVE TO DEFEAT APC

The Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party has endorsed the G-100 initiative, which seeks to unite opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections and challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress.

The faction announced its position in a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, following the first G-100 meeting held on Monday at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.

The meeting brought together representatives of opposition parties to discuss cooperation and the possibility of presenting a common presidential candidate against the APC in 2027.

The PDP faction said its participation was motivated by what it described as the hardship Nigerians were facing under the President Bola Tinubu-led APC administration.

Its National Chairman, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, said the process must be based on transparency, equality, data-driven decisions and egalitarianism.

He expressed confidence that an opposition process built on those principles could produce credible leadership capable of addressing poverty and insecurity.

The faction said its participation was also consistent with its earlier commitment to work with political parties and organisations seeking to challenge the APC.

The G-100 summit, attended by representatives of six opposition parties, agreed to establish committees and working groups to develop proposals for opposition unity, a national reform programme and a roadmap towards selecting a common presidential candidate.

The initiative is part of efforts to prevent opposition votes from being divided as they were during the 2023 presidential election, when Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso contested separately.

However, Atiku and Obi were absent from Monday’s meeting.

The ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said Atiku’s absence was not significant, explaining that the meeting focused primarily on cooperation among political parties rather than individual presidential candidates.