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Amid the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has suggested that the party is in Intensive Care Unit, ICU.
Suswan claimed that many people are waiting to see the ultimate end of the party.
He stated this on Tuesday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme.
The statement comes a few days after the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike made a surprise appearance at the party’s high-stakes expanded Governors’ Forum meeting in Abuja.
Wike’s appearance marks his first attendance of a PDP function in months amid heightened tensions and defections rocking the opposition Party.
However, the Ex-governor said it was incumbent upon the governors elected on the platform of the PDP to ensure that the party is rescued.
He said: “It is incumbent upon the PDP governors to ensure that the party is rescued. Many people are waiting to see the ultimate end of the party. Whether there will be light at the end of the tunnel through the intervention of Sen. Saraki remains to be seen in the coming days. For now, the PDP is in the hospital, currently in the ICU, but it can be saved if the proper medicines are taken.”
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has inaugurated a five-member appeal committee to address grievances arising from the recently concluded chairmanship and councillorship primaries ahead of the upcoming local government elections.
In a statement issued on Monday, by the party’s spokesperson, Mogaji Oladejo, the APC acknowledged the concerns raised by some aspirants who alleged irregularities during the primary process and called for its cancellation.
As part of efforts to ensure fairness and uphold internal democracy, the party urged all aggrieved aspirants to formally lodge their complaints with the appeal committee no later than 12 noon on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
The statement read, “Sequel to the successful conduct of primaries for the emergence of candidates towards the July 12 Local Government elections, the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated an Appeal Committee to look into pockets of protests from dissatisfied aspirants who participated in the exercise.“
