As the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) problem intensifies, Tajudeen Yusuf, a party member and former member of the House of Representatives, blames Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the party’s loss in the 2023 presidential election.
Yusuf, speaking on the violence that marred the party’s Board of Trustees meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, warned that if caution is not exercised, the opposition party may repeat its errors from 2023.
According to him, the PDP lost the 2023 election because its presidential candidate was too cocky.
He maintained that the lingering crisis in the party is caused by the struggle for structure and power by some party members who are positioning themselves for the 2027 general elections.
“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 flagbearer was too cocky and so sure he was the next president,” Yusuf said.
The ex-lawmaker further said that the PDP is not playing opposition as it should, adding that the crisis rocking the party is orchestrated by overambitious 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.
He said that the violence that marred the BoT meeting was an expression of the fight for control and power ahead of the next presidential primary.
Yusuf, who represented the Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu seat, confessed that the PDP’s internal crisis resolution process had failed, and that the violence observed at the BoT meeting was a result of the party’s leadership failure.
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