{"id":7440,"date":"2025-07-26T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2025-07-26T13:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:04:17","slug":"2027-presidency-pdp-founding-member-gana-discloses-peter-obis-return-to-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7440","title":{"rendered":"2027 Presidency: PDP Founding Member Gana Discloses Peter Obi\u2019s Return to PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>With Atiku Abubakar out of the party to his new bride, ADC, a founding member of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Jerry Gana was on Focus Nigeria, a TV programme on AIT where he discussed Peter Obi\u2019s return to PDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Jerry Gana disclosed that it was the party that reached out to the former Anambra State governor and Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate,&nbsp;<strong>Peter Obi<\/strong>, urging him to return to the PDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gana confirmed ongoing reconciliatory efforts within the party and acknowledged Obi as one of the political figures being courted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to explain that Obi was not the only person the PDP was targeting for a possible return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe are also moving to other persons. But I don\u2019t want to announce until we really get there,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;Gana said. According to him, the party is now in a&nbsp;<strong>stronger and more stable position<\/strong>&nbsp;to convince former members to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI have a very solid platform. I can now go back to these people and say the platform you were complaining about is now set, proper, and ready to move. I know many of them would respond,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Obi resigned from the PDP on May 25, 2022, just days before the party\u2019s presidential primaries. He later became the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party in the&nbsp;<strong>2023 general election<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, Obi said his resignation was due to \u201crecent developments within our party that make it practically impossible to continue participating and making constructive contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The renewed attempt to bring Obi back comes as the PDP intensifies internal restructuring and seeks to consolidate its strength ahead of the&nbsp;<strong>2027 elections<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Atiku Abubakar out of the party to his new bride, ADC, a founding member of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Jerry Gana was on Focus Nigeria, a TV programme on AIT where he discussed Peter Obi\u2019s return to PDP. 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