PDP Begins Coalition Talks With More Than 16 Political Parties To Oust Buhari From Power In 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun talks with more than 16 political parties aimed at building a coalition capable of defeating the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led by President Muhammadu Buhari in the next general elections slated for 2019.

The chairman of the PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, who disclosed this in interview in Abuja on Wednesday, July 19, said the party will be able to take back power from the APC if the coalition talks succeed.

“Once we come together, we should be able to take back the government,” he said.

Speaking on Buhari’s health, the party’s chairman said the PDP would not want to politicise the state of the president’s health, but noted that the health condition of Buhari had made the government unsettled.

Makarfi said: “We have an acting president with full constitutional powers to function, but they keep giving excuses. There’s no way they can have cohesion in such a manner and give effective leadership.”

He said now that the party had resolved its leadership tussle, it was focussed on the next election.

The party’s chairman stated that the PDP has scheduled a national convention on August 12 in Abuja to amend its constitution and deal with disciplinary processes for straying members.

Makarfi said the PDP intends to adopt the report of a 2014 national conference that calls for devolving more powers to the regions as a solution to the ethnic tensions that has arisen in parts of the country.