By Alexandra Umeh

A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Professor Jerry Gana, has stated that former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, would easily defeat any opponent in Nigeria’s northern region if he rejoined the PDP.

Gana made this claim during an interview on Prime Time on Arise TV.

According to him, the northern electorate is fair and open-minded, and Obi remains a strong contender in the region if backed by the PDP platform.

“I’m a researcher, and I research opinions,” Gana said.

“In the northern states, Peter Obi under the PDP will defeat any candidate, because our people are very fair‑minded.”

Peter Obi left the PDP in May 2022 and went on to contest the 2023 presidential election as the candidate of the Labour Party.

Speaking on the historical strength of the PDP, Gana reminded Nigerians that the party was built from the grassroots and played a central role in returning democratic governance to Nigeria.

“I must confess that many people have forgotten that the PDP was created as a grassroots organisation. In 1998, we were formed and then, moving to the elections in 1999, we were in every polling unit, because we are the ones who really won the first election,” he said.

“Many people have forgotten that the PDP won most of the local governments. When it came to the presidential elections, we won the presidency, we won the Senate, and we won the House. We were totally in control, and that is why we were very delighted that we restored democracy to Nigeria and re‑established civil rule,” Gana added.

He continued: “Because for a number of years there was military rule, but we successfully terminated that in a very democratic way. So the PDP was really, as it were, a grassroots party. That’s why when we said ‘power to the people’, we meant it because that was what it was, and it has been like that.”

Gana also downplayed the significance of recent internal wranglings within the PDP, dismissing them as limited to a few elites in the Federal Capital Territory.

“So when this recent problem happened, it was really among a few elites here in Abuja. It didn’t even go beyond,” he said.

The PDP stalwart, who served as Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Cooperation from 1999 to 2003 under President Olusegun Obasanjo, also touched on the party’s zoning arrangement, indicating that political fairness would be upheld in future elections.

“In 2031, it will be the turn of the North. Our people are very fair, and we are building a nation,” Gana said.

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