{"id":889,"date":"2025-08-28T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=889"},"modified":"2025-08-28T00:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T00:14:27","slug":"pdps-fielding-of-atiku-in-2023-an-error-says-abba-moro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=889","title":{"rendered":"PDP\u2019s fielding of Atiku in 2023 an error, says Abba Moro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A chieftain of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abba Moro, says the\u00a0party regrets fielding Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate in the 2023 elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moro, a senator representing Benue South in the National Assembly, stated this on Channels Television\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Politics Today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema - AZAMAN\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z2L51xr45As?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a result of how the election turned out and because the Nigerian people spoke, definitely, it [fielding Atiku] was an error,\u201d the Senate Minority Leader said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo lose a very monumental election in that disastrous manner is certainly in for regret.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PDP lost the presidential election to the All Progressives Congress (APC), coming second in the exercise won by Bola Tinubu, the then-flagbearer of the ruling APC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About two years after that defeat, Atiku dumped the PDP and has yet to announce his new party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the 2027 general polls are barely two years away, there are rumours that the main opposition wants to persuade former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, to return to its fold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Jonathan lost to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, he has kept a low profile as he has not been seen at public functions within the PDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Obi, who was running mate to Atiku in the 2019 elections, dumped the PDP for the Labour Party, where he later secured its presidential ticket for the 2023 polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was said to have been frustrated out of the PDP, a claim that was corroborated by Moro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Moro said there were ongoing talks to persuade the duo to join the presidential race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added, \u201cSo, in the run-up to 2027, I am aware certain individuals have been talking to Peter Obi, \u2018Hey, come back home, this is what we are likely to do, and if you come, you stand a chance of being the candidate\u2019,\u201d Moro said on the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about the possibilities of ex-President Jonathan returning to the PDP, Senator Moro said, \u201cSome persons are talking to the former president to come and run. 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