2027: PDP declares it’s back as Turaki, others meet Obasanjo, with Yoruba’s acclaimed ‘Omoluabi’ under watch over Tinubu
By KEMI KASUMU and OUR REPORTERS
However, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has continued to dig deep a out for the Tinubu’s political fall in 2027 that no amount of State governors capture will help him against, it was gathered.
As all eyes are begining to focus on the Yoruba people of Nigeria how they will retain their acclaimed parlance of “Omo Eni koni sedi bebere kafi fila de’di Omo elomiran (Meaning: no matter how bad a child is, we can’t favour other person’s child)” in the 2027 elections upon what was described as desecration of the race’s moral standing culturally at the Ooni of Ife’s 10th coronation anniversary by wife of President Bola Tinubu last weekend, another narrative has also picked up with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) intensifying effort to rewrite the script of the president’s current gerrymandering of South West, South South and regions of the North into a make-believe states under control of All Progressives Congress (APC).
The discussions in several quarters across wards, local governments, states and zones of the country, currently, are geared towards how 2027 will determine the real status of ‘Omoluabi’ (integrity) that Yoruba claim amidst hues and cries over many cases of ministers with dangerous allegations of corruption and fake certificates he continues to let be in his government.
They said this is going on while members of opposition like Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN) become the targets of his administration’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and insecurity continues to wag deep into the Nigeria’s life with students loans being on selective implementation and Nigerian Armed Forces and citizens, once highly respected, now facing embarrassment all over Africa.
“All of these allegations are hung around his neck in addition to the unprecedented economic hardship and unwarranted reorganisation of Nigeria’s social and monetary standing he is generally believed to have unapologetically inflicted on Nigeria and its good, innocent peoples. How Yoruba will continue to claim ‘Omoluabi’ with all these wrongdoings of their man in power and they will expect us to re-elect him in 2027 remains a theatre that will be much interesting to watch,” one of the concerned citizens spoke to one of our reporters, anonymously, in Abuja.
These conversations continued until another development cropped up on Saturday December 13, 2025 during a meeting of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national leadership with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
At the meeting, PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki (SAN), expressed the party’s readiness to win the upcoming off-season governorship elections in Osun and Ekiti states, a statement watchers of events described as good on either side – true or false as the party resting its head again in Tinubu’s South West will mean a lot of danger to his 2027 ambition.
Turaki spoke after the closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Presidential Library residence in Abeokuta, his Ogun State country home.
Paying tribute to Chief Obasanjo and other founding fathers of the party, Turaki stated that the PDP is more determined than ever to reclaim its rightful position in Nigeria’s political arena.
He was accompanied by former Senate President and Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Adolphus Wabara, former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida, former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, former Deputy Governor of Oyo State Taofeek Arapaja, and Ogun State PDP Chairman Abayomi Tella, among others.
“During our recent Congress in Ibadan, we came to introduce ourselves to our father, former President under the PDP administration, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. I did not come alone. The former Senate President and BOT Chairman of our great party, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, is here.
“Likewise, our National Secretary, the former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Taofeek Arapaja, and two former governors of Niger and Plateau States, Alhaji Muazu Babangida Aliyu and Sen. Jonah Jang, are also part of the entourage,” Turaki said.
He added, “We came to thank the former president for his vision and contributions to strengthening our democracy and good governance while he was in power. We also came to appreciate his role in building strong institutions that the country continues to benefit from today. Furthermore, we sought his guidance and inspiration as an oracle to help us in the gargantuan task that lies ahead.”
Turaki used a proverb to illustrate the value of learning from experience: “A woman who started cooking before you must definitely have more broken pots. We have come to see our father here in Abeokuta, and we have spoken to Baba, and Baba too has spoken to us. We are enriched.”
He continued, “We now realize more than ever that while the task ahead may not be easy, the inspiration and guidance received from Baba today have prepared us to go all the way and take PDP back to the seat of power come 2027.”
Turaki outlined the party’s strategy, saying, “PDP is battle-ready for 2027. As a mark of readiness, we shall first reclaim Ekiti State, followed by Osun State. By the time we win these two states, no one will doubt that PDP is on the rise and ready to challenge the APC government’s incompetence and maladministration.”
He also emphasized unity among party members. “The advice I give PDP members globally is that PDP is back and is ready to take its rightful place in the democratic process of the country. Since our convention in Ibadan, the APC is more worried than ever. The equation has changed, and PDP is prepared to send them packing in 2027,” he said.
In his remarks, Ogun State PDP Chairman Abayomi Tella described the visit as a “new dawn” for the party. “Party members are happy, our hope is rekindled. The era of past shenanigans is over. It is a new dawn, and we are all ready,” he said.
On the 2027 elections, Tella added, “It will be the people versus political parties. Whether it’s APC or PDP, the people of Ogun State have tasted water and palm oil, and they understand the difference. With the support of the people, PDP will get the mantle of leadership in 2027. Everyone is tired of this government, and we are battle-ready.”
He concluded with a warning, “What happened in 2023 will not repeat itself. What happened during the Remo Federal Constituency by-election in August will not repeat. We are all indigenes and residents of this state, and we have the right to vote and be voted for. No one can stop us from exercising that right in 2027.”
The DEFENDER’s checks revealed that these conversations are going on amidst celebrations in Tinubu’s camp over an acclaimed states capture of people’s mandates making them so comfortable that with governors in 25 states now All Progressives Congress (APC), the coast for 2027 re-election is clear for their principal and acclaimed master strategist.
This was also as Joe Igbokwe finally confessed even what Tinubu himself had been denying when he posted photo of the official car of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara on his Facebook timeline on Friday December 12, 2025 and then added a message: “Mission accomplished”.
Igbokwe and others on the Tinubu’s camp, who are boastfully saying the North will not matter in the coming 2027 elections as their master is on top of the situation with his acclaimed now fully grown political heavy weight, are brandishing a list to justify their claims saying, “South-South is now 100% APC: A look at the party control across Nigeria geo-political zones (Dec 9, 2025).”
And they posted a list by them showing:
South-South
1. Delta: APC
2. Akwa Ibom: APC
3. Edo: APC
4. Cross River: APC
5. Rivers: APC
6. Bayelsa: APC
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South-East
1. Enugu: APC
2. Ebonyi: APC
3. Imo: APC
4. Abia: LP
5. Anambra: APGA
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South-West
1. Lagos: APC
2. Ekiti: APC
3. Ogun: APC
4. Ondo: APC
5. Oyo: PDP
6. Osun: Accord
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North-Central
1. Benue: APC
2. Niger: APC
3. Kwara: APC
4. Nasarawa: APC
5. Kogi: APC
6. Plateau: PDP
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North-East
1. Borno: APC
2. Yobe: APC
3. Taraba: PDP
4. Gombe: APC
5. Adamawa: PDP
6. Bauchi: PDP
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North-West
1. Katsina: APC
2. Jigawa: APC
3. Sokoto: APC
4. Kebbi: APC
5. Kaduna: APC
6. Zamfara: PDP
7. Kano: NNP
However, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has continued to dig deep a out for the Tinubu’s political fall in 2027 that no amount of State governors capture will help him against, it was gathered.
