A senior member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Professor Jerry Gana, has stated that although Peter Obi is a good candidate, the PDP has someone better to contest in 2027, as reported by Daily Post on Saturday, 2 August, 2025.
Gana explained that the PDP is seriously preparing for the next presidential election.
He believes that the party needs a strong and widely accepted candidate to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Gana said Obi has the potential to perform well, especially in northern Nigeria, but claimed that the PDP has more capable candidates.
He revealed that the PDP is reaching out to Obi and others as part of a wider search for the right presidential candidate.
Peter Obi was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections.
He left the PDP in 2022 to run under the LP.
Recently, he has also been working with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its coalition.
Despite this, Gana believes Obi would be more successful if he returns to the PDP.
He said that voters in the North are fair and would support Obi if he contested under the PDP.
Gana also stated that the PDP made some errors in 2023, and he suggested that the party should correct them before the next election.
He added that if things were done differently, Obi could have been the party’s running mate or even the presidential candidate.
“The PDP is on the ground. I’m a researcher, and I research opinions. In the northern states, Peter Obi under the PDP will defeat any candidate because our people are very fair-minded and just.
We are reaching out to Peter Obi. Because I’m leading a search team and there are many brilliant people. Peter Obi may be good, but we now have somebody better. So, we are searching,” he said.
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