The Peoples Democratic Party faction led by Tanimu Turaki has said it would be “immoral and unjust” for the party to endorse President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The National Publicity Secretary of the faction, Ini Ememobong, stated this on Thursday during an appearance on The Morning Show on Arise Television.
“It is improper, it is immoral, it is unjust, it is unfair for an opposition party of the standing of the Peoples Democratic Party to endorse the presidency or the presidential candidature of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC,” he said.
Ememobong expressed optimism that the party’s ongoing reconciliation process would be guided by logic rather than sentiment.
“So it’s part of the underpinning principle. We are hoping that reason will prevail over emotions,” he added.
He stressed that the Turaki-led faction would insist that any reconciliation effort must strengthen the party’s role as an opposition, rather than reduce it to a subordinate position.
The party’s internal crisis appears to be easing, as the Turaki and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, factions have resumed reconciliation talks ahead of the March 29–30, 2026, national convention.
