APC Bounce Back As PDP Suffers Setbacks Due To Cycle-Gov Elections

Since Tinubu assumed office as Nigeria’s president on May 29, 2023, five off-cycle elections have been conducted in Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo, Edo, and Ondo States.

The plan by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to bounce back as the dominant party in the country appears to be suffering more setbacks following the outcome of the five off-cycle governorship elections conducted under President Bola Tinubu.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, won four states, while the PDP, the hitherto largest political party in Africa, claimed just one.

Continuous defeat suffered by the PDP during the elections has raised concerns and cast doubt over the party’s possibility of returning to power in 2027.

The internal wranglings rocking the party have not helped matters either, as the leaders remain at each other’s necks over the control of the party’s National Chairmanship seat.

Some analysts are of the view that the PDP needs to tinker with its approach, else it would finally implode by 2027.