No going back on Jonathan 2027, PDP Northern Support Group declares

…Warns Saboteurs Within the Party

By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto

In what appears to beryllium a large governmental connection up of the 2027 wide elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Northern Support Group has reaffirmed its afloat enactment for the party’s Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Iliya Umar Damagum, and declared unwavering backing for the instrumentality of erstwhile President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan arsenic the PDP’s statesmanlike candidate.

This presumption was contained successful a communiqué issued astatine the extremity of the group’s 8th Northern Support Group Meeting held successful Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, betwixt Wednesday, 8th and Thursday, 9th October 2025.

The meeting, which brought unneurotic representatives and enactment leaders from each bluish states, was convened to fortify and reposition the PDP for triumph successful 2027.

According to the communiqué, jointly signed by Hon. Yusuf Abubakar, Northern Coordinator, and Hon. Adamu Ahmed Narayi, North-West Zonal Secretary, the radical expressed assurance successful Ambassador Damagum’s enactment and lauded his reconciliation efforts aimed astatine restoring unity, discipline, and cohesion wrong the party.

The radical maintained that the PDP remains a viable level susceptible of reclaiming powerfulness astatine some the nationalist and authorities levels presently held by the All Progressives Congress (APC), provided members show unity and genuine committedness to the party’s ideals.

Reiterating its telephone for Jonathan’s candidacy, the radical described the erstwhile president arsenic “a awesome of peace, unity, and progress,” urging stakeholders to statesman nationwide mobilization and strategical engagements to guarantee his emergence arsenic the PDP flagbearer successful 2027.

“There is nary going backmost connected Goodluck Jonathan arsenic the campaigner to redeem the party’s representation successful 2027. He remains 1 of Nigeria’s astir patriotic leaders, who sacrificed idiosyncratic ambition for nationalist bid by peacefully handing implicit powerfulness aft the 2015 elections,” the communiqué stated.

Addressing concerns implicit Jonathan’s eligibility to contention again, the radical said the substance had agelong been settled legally and should nary longer service arsenic a governmental distraction.

However, the communiqué raised concerns implicit the behaviour of definite enactment elders and members of the National Working Committee (NWC), accusing immoderate of moving against the PDP’s unity and allegedly collaborating with the ruling APC for idiosyncratic oregon outer interests.

It condemned specified acts of “double loyalty” and urged the enactment enactment to instrumentality steadfast disciplinary enactment against individuals whose activities weaken the PDP’s interior cohesion and nationalist image.

The radical besides cautioned against alleged divisive tendencies by immoderate enactment figures, stressing that each subordinate indispensable enactment the involvement of the PDP supra idiosyncratic ambition.

“The clip has travel for each loyal PDP members to adjacent ranks, rebuild structures, and reconstruct the party’s mislaid glory. We indispensable guarantee discipline, unity, and committedness to our shared goals,” the communiqué noted.

Reaffirming its loyalty to the PDP’s corporate leadership, the Northern Support Group vowed to proceed moving toward a stronger, united, and formidable level susceptible of returning the enactment to powerfulness successful 2027.

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