{"id":197859,"date":"2026-03-27T23:27:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-will-not-endorse-tinubu-re-election-party-chieftain"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:41:30","slug":"pdp-will-not-endorse-tinubu-re-election-party-chieftain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pdp-will-not-endorse-tinubu-re-election-party-chieftain","title":{"rendered":"PDP Will Not Endorse Tinubu Re-Election Party Chieftain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Daboikiabo Warmate, has reiterated that the party will not endorse the re-election of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Warmate made this disclosure on Friday during an interview on Trust TV monitored by DAILY POST.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking on the 2027 general elections, insisting that the PDP would field its own presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat position to support President Tinubu is just a personal position of the FCT Minister. It\u2019s not the position of the party.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP position is that we will produce a presidential candidate from the top. So we are not considering the presidential candidate or endorsing the sitting president in the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a party, we will produce our candidate. Wike has the position that states that it\u2019s Wike\u2019s personal position and his entitled to his opinion and his position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what PDP stands for is for us to produce a credible candidate from the south, having zoned the presidency to the south and putting into consideration what led to this crisis,\u201d Warmate said.<\/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 chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Daboikiabo Warmate, has reiterated that the party will not endorse the re-election of President Bola Tinubu. Warmate made this disclosure on Friday during an interview on Trust TV monitored by DAILY POST. 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