Politics
Former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Political Affairs, Hakeem Comments, ‘PDP is gone, can’t be fixed’ –
Former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Political Affairs, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can’t be fixed.
Baba-Ahmed made this statement on Thursday during an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST.
He was speaking on Nigeria’s political terrain ahead of the forthcoming 2027 general elections.
“The PDP is drifting away. I think it is gone, and I do not believe anyone can fix it. The PDP is not the only party capable of providing a credible opposition to the APC; there is the ADC and others.
“I think that sometimes we blame the government too much and we don’t pay attention to the damage that the PDP, the opposition, has done to itself. The truth about it is that PDP has been on the free fall for a long time.
“These are politicians who held power for a very long time and it turns out that these people never had any experience in being in the opposition. These are accomplished politicians who run the country, and suddenly they lost power and they lost their heads.
“People blame Tinubu. I blame him as well, because there are areas clearly where he’s wrong. He’s amassing too much power, or what appears to be too much power. He is actually collecting too many politicians around him. That’s not necessarily power.
“But what has the PDP done to itself? PDP has been involved in destroying itself consistently. And what is amazing is that they started very well as a party, accomplished politicians, people who had served their country very well. And certainly it has degenerated and this is where we are.
“They allowed their party to split. They couldn’t find a way to either take the part that is left. It’s not the first time PDP has taken a huge chunk of itself and given it to the opposition. This happened in 2015 and it’s happening again,” he said.
Breaking News
Adamawa APC Congresses Postponed As Fintiri Plans Defection
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced the postponement of its State, Local Government and Ward congresses in Adamawa State.
The decision was conveyed in a letter dated February 17, 2026, and addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The letter, signed by the party’s National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, stated that a new date for the congresses would be communicated later.
“We write to inform you of the postponement of the State, Local Government and Ward Congresses for Adamawa State. A new date will be communicated to you in due course. Thank you and please accept the assurances of our highest regards,” the letter read.
It was gathered that the postponement is aimed at allowing Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to complete a planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC ahead of the congresses.
Politics
PDP Chairmanship Candidate Steps Down for APC in Bwari FCT
The chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bwari Area Council, Julius Adamu, has stepped down for his All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, Joshua Ishaku Musa.
This is ahead of that February 21 Federal Capital Territory, FCT, area council polls.
The development is reportedly connected to the intervention of the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike
DAILY POST reports that the FCT Area Councils polls is scheduled for February 21, 2026.
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