{"id":171778,"date":"2025-07-30T23:17:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdps-survival-challenged-by-adcs-second-stroke"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:27:52","slug":"pdps-survival-challenged-by-adcs-second-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdps-survival-challenged-by-adcs-second-stroke","title":{"rendered":"PDP&#8217;s Survival Challenged by ADC&#8217;s Second Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Segun Sowunmi, a former campaign spokesman and an ally of ex-Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday wondered how the party would survive what he described as the second stroke to be caused by the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>Sowunmi said PDP survived the first stroke by the G-5 group of governors.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2023 presidential period, the G-5 led by then Rivers governor Nyesom Wike, worked against the PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar.<\/p>\n<p>While Wike and four other governors in the group worked for Tinubu, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Samuel Ortom, then governor of Benue State, supported Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the opposition coalition recently adopted the ADC.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, Sowunmi said: \u201cPDP seems to have survived the first stroke caused by G-5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us hope it can survive the second stroke caused by ADC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo pretend not to see their efforts is madness. @OfficialPDPNig, there is more to energizing a party than what the present handlers are doing.\u201d<\/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. Segun Sowunmi, a former campaign spokesman and an ally of ex-Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday wondered how the party would survive what he described as the second stroke to be caused by the African Democratic Congress, ADC. 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