By Alexandra Umeh

The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, has declared that the 2027 general elections will not be a typical political contest but a referendum on the living conditions of ordinary Nigerians under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

Speaking on Thursday during the official presentation of a Certificate of Return to the PDP’s governorship candidate for Anambra State, Chief Ezenwafor Jude, Damagum stated that the election transcends party affiliations and political figures.

“This election in 2027 is not about how many governors you have or how many leaders. It’s about Tinubu and Nigerians,” he asserted.

“The ordinary man is feeling the pain, and the decision is his. So I want to use this opportunity to tell Nigerians that it is their election. It is APC versus Nigerians.

“It’s not APC versus any governor or senator or anything but APC versus Nigerians. So I want to urge all of us to close ranks and rescue ourselves from this hardship that is inflicted on us by design, not any coincidence.”

Damagum also reacted to the recent defection of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, and the entire Delta State cabinet from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC), a move he described as disheartening and ungrateful considering the support the PDP has given to the state.

“It’s very sad and unfortunate because to me, if there’s any state that should think that way, not Delta, because the party is very magnanimous.

“I thank God that in their message, they didn’t say that the party did anything wrong to them other than good.

“It’s a decision taken by them, but the pains will be in us, not because of anything, but because we have given Delta State all our support, from the emergence of the governor to his predecessor, who also doubled as our vice presidential candidate.

“I think we’ve done it all for them in Delta State. We least expected this action from them. All the same, this is a party that has seen more than that, but it’s still standing”, he said.

Despite the defections and political turbulence, Damagum remained optimistic about the PDP’s strength and resolve, urging members and Nigerians at large to focus on reclaiming the nation from economic and social hardship.

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