2027: PDP Govs Insist On Nov 15 Convention, Urge Members To Resist Anti-Party Forces

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has said that it was committed to the November 15, 2025, national convention of the party as resolved by the National Executive Committee (NEC) at its 101st meeting earlier in July, urging party members to resist all attempts to derail the planned convention by people it called ‘anti-party forces’.

The PDP governors declared the stance, among others, at the end of their 7th meeting of the year 2025, which held at the Government House, Gusau, Zamfara State, on Saturday afternoon.

In a communique issued by PDP-GF, signed by its chairman and governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed, the Forum also asked PDP members to see the party as the only democratic institution and viable alternative for restoring Nigeria along the path of good governance and national development even as it appreciated them for their steadfast loyalty in the face of what it called serious intimidation and untold anti-democratic actions of the APC-led Federal Government in the last bye-elections.

“The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) held its 2025/7TH Meeting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, on Saturday, August 23, 2025. The Forum extensively deliberated on the state of the nation, the security situation, the erosion of democratic values, as well as ongoing efforts to reposition the party and make adequate preparations for its forthcoming national convention.

“At the end of the meeting, the Forum resolved as follows;

“The Forum commends the resilience of PDP leaders and members in overcoming orchestrated defections, stressing that such distractions cannot diminish the party’s strong grassroots appeal or the growing public yearning for the return of affordable living and relative security experienced under PDP-led administrations.

“The Forum urges members and supporters of our Great Party, as well as the entire citizenry, to hold fast to the vision and principles of the PDP, in spite of the growing intimidation of the opposition by the government in power. This sad situation should only be seen as the sign of the desperation of a political party with no agenda, no vision and doomed to face inevitable rejection by the masses.

“The Forum reaffirms its full commitment to the resolutions of the 101st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of July 2025 regarding the November 15 National Convention. It urges members to resist all attempts to derail the convention by anti-party forces; but to see the PDP as the only democratic institution and viable alternative for restoring Nigeria along the path of good governance and national development.

“The Forum reaffirms its commitment to rescuing our dear country, Nigeria and Nigerians from the divisive governance style of the APC, whose policies have continued to cause more hardship and misery on the people,” it stated.

The Forum, particularly commended initiatives by the government of Zamfara State in significantly curbing insecurity within the state even as it condemned the continued monstrous killings in Katsina, Plateau, Niger and Benue States and other parts of the country, calling on the federal government to be more responsive to the lives and properties of the citizenry.

“The Forum condemns the over-militarization of the last Saturday’s bye elections characterized by wide spread irregularities, vote buying and violence and call on Nigerians to be more circumspect in protecting their votes,” the PDP-GF added.

Besides the host, Governor Dauda Lawal and the Forum chairman, Governor Bala Mohammed, five other governors attended the strategic meeting in Zamfara State. They included Douye Diri, Seyi Makinde, Umaru Fintiri, Agbu Kefas, and Ademola Adeleke of Bayelsa, Oyo, Adamawa, Taraba and Osun States, respectively.