{"id":167091,"date":"2025-06-16T19:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:16:03","slug":"2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party","title":{"rendered":"2027: PDP group seeks Amaechi, Obi\u2019s return to party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A pro-PDP group, under the aegis of Bala Agents\u2019 Mandate, has urged former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to return to their political roots in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n<p>The group said Amaechi and Obi should join forces with Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to rebuild a strong and united opposition party.<\/p>\n<p>The State Coordinator of the group, Amadi Chijioke, at a press briefing in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Monday, advised both men to shelve plans of forming a new opposition coalition, stressing that such a move would only weaken the fight to rescue Nigeria from alleged misrule and democratic backsliding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly believe in the leadership of Bala Mohammed to lead the PDP to glory. I don\u2019t think there is any need to bring Atiku Abubakar and others together to form a new coalition. I believe they should come back home \u2014 PDP is home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe likes of Peter Obi, the likes of Chibuike Amaechi \u2014 I am expecting these men to return and join Bala Mohammed in rebuilding the PDP, because right now, he is appearing alone in the system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting the call, the National Coordinator of the group, Habib Musa, lauded the PDP Governors\u2019 Forum led by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed as the most formidable and credible structure currently holding the party together.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Forum has remained a symbol of unity and accountability amidst rising political uncertainties, faulting the recent defections of the governors of Delta and Akwa Ibom States to the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defection of two governors from our party has been touted as a significant blow. But let us be clear: these defections were not driven by ideology or principle, but by fear and opportunism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe assure the good people of those states that the PDP remains a formidable force, and we will soon reclaim the governments of those states through the ballot box,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Musa, in a direct appeal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, urged him to close ranks with Mohammed and work for the unity of the PDP, despite his current role in the APC-led federal government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A pro-PDP group, under the aegis of Bala Agents\u2019 Mandate, has urged former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to return to their political roots in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The group said Amaechi and Obi should join forces with Governor Bala Mohammed of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":167089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[13554,250,254,4891],"class_list":["post-167091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-13554","tag-amaechi","tag-nigeria","tag-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027: PDP group seeks Amaechi, Obi\u2019s return to party - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A pro-PDP group, under the aegis of Bala Agents\u2019 Mandate, has urged former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and fo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027: PDP group seeks Amaechi, Obi\u2019s return to party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A pro-PDP group, under the aegis of Bala Agents\u2019 Mandate, has urged former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and fo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-16T18:08:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-16T19:16:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750088810.809268.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"840\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027: PDP group seeks Amaechi, Obi\u2019s return to party\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-16T18:08:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-16T19:16:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party\"},\"wordCount\":393,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750088810.809268.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"Amaechi\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-pdp-group-seeks-amaechi-obis-return-to-party\",\"name\":\"2027: PDP group seeks Amaechi, Obi\u2019s return to party - 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