PDP: Ex-lawmaker, Tajudeen finally reveals how Atiku made them loose 2023 election

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Former House of Representatives member and PDP member Tajudeen Yusuf has accused PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar of being responsible for the party’s defeat in the 2023 general election.

Speaking about the violence that interrupted the party’s board of trustees meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, Yusuf warned that if caution is not exercised, the opposition party may make the same mistakes it did in 2023.

He claimed that the PDP’s overconfident presidential candidate was the reason it lost the 2023 election.

He claims that some party members are vying for power and structure in order to position themselves for the general elections in 2027, which is the root of the party’s ongoing turmoil.

“What you have seen ahead of 2027 is that people are struggling for structure, for who controls what, and to become the party’s candidate. They forget the fact that being a candidate alone does not make you president. We lost the last election because I feel our flag bearer was too cocky and so sure he was the next president,” Yusuf said.

The former congressman reaffirmed that the PDP is not acting as opposition as it ought to, emphasising that the party’s crisis is being planned by overly ambitious party members.

“The PDP is not playing opposition as it should because the PDP finds itself in the quagmire of over-ambitious men who believe they must always run for elections. A political party should be robust and not be about you running for election,” Yusuf said.

In the run-up to the next presidential primary, he claimed, the violence that characterised the BoT meeting was an expression of the struggle for power and control.

Yusuf, who represented the Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu constituency, acknowledged that the PDP’s internal crisis resolution process had failed, and that the violence that occurred during the BoT meeting was an indication of the party’s leadership failure, according to information obtained by ZINGTIE.

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